HESA Student Record 2007/08 - Date of birth
HESA Student Record 2007/08Fields required from institutions in WalesDate of birth | return to field list |
Short name | BIRTHDTE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type | field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
This field records the date of birth of the student. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coverage | All students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Base data type | DateWithNullStructure1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field length | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minimum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reason required |
The date of birth is required to generate the student's age and to provide an additional item of information for record linkage. To permit age-based analysis and also facilitate record linkage across collections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
All date fields in the Student Record must be completed using the ISO8601 format of YYYY-MM-DD. The specification of this field falls within the scope of the MIAP Common Data Definitions project. If the date of birth is not known, an empty element should be returned with the ReasonForNull attribute set to 1 (not known), i.e: <BIRTHDTE ReasonForNull="1"></BIRTHDTE> HESA monitors the number of unknown birth dates submitted by each institution. For students entering through UCAS this information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction. Where Y0/Y1/Y2 appear in business rules, these refer to the reporting period Y1-Y2 (e.g. for the 2007-08 reporting period, Y0 is 2006, Y1 is 2007 and Y2 is 2008). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Managing Information Across Partners - Common Data Definitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Version | 1.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date modified | 2008-06-30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change management notes | Business rule 7 deleted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business rules |
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Schema components |
Element: BIRTHDTE
Data type: DateWithNullStructure1 |
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