HESA Student Record 2008/09 - Highest qualification on entry
HESA Student Record 2008/09Fields common to all countriesHighest qualification on entry | return to field list | valid entries |
Short name | QUALENT2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description |
This field indicates the highest qualification that a student holds on entry, not necessarily that applicable for entry to the course. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coverage | All entrants where Instance.REDUCEDI = 00 or 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Base data type | QUALENT2CodeType | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field length | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minimum occurrences | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reason required |
This field, together with information in QualificationsOnEntry gives information about a student's qualifications on entry to a course. It is also used to identify students with tariff-bearing qualifications. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
For students entering through UCAS this information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction. Code 99 ‘Not known’ should not be used as a standard default. Institutions are expected to seek and code ‘Highest qualification on entry’. Should a student have more than one of the qualifications listed, it is for the institution to decide which is the ‘highest’. In cases where it is unclear which qualification is the ‘highest’, enter the code which is closest to ‘01’. Codes 37 GNVQ/GSVQ level 3 and 38 NVQ/SVQ level 3 may be used where a student holds both level 3 qualifications and GCE 'A' Level/SCE 'Higher' qualifications, if it is the institution's judgement that these the GNVQ/GSVQ/NVQ/SVQ qualifications are 'highest'. Such students will not normally be included in tariff calculations. Code 31 Foundation Degree covers those programmes which HEIs are running as Foundation Degrees which are consistent with the 'Statement of Design Principles' for Foundation Degrees issued by UUK and SCOP. GNVQ qualifications are being phased out, but are included as these may be the students highest qualification on entry. Code 41 is designed to capture ONC and OND level qualifications, including those awarded by BTEC. Code 39 may be used for BTEC Nationals, which are Level 3 qualifications, equivalent to A levels on the National Qualifications Framework. Further guidance for codes 44 Access course validated by QAA 45 Access course not validated by QAA A recognised Access to HE course is one validated by an Authorised Validating Agency that has been licensed for the purpose by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), under the terms of the QAA Recognition Scheme for Access to Higher Education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Relevant Access courses are recorded on the Access to HE Courses Database. QAA does not licence any AVAs in Scotland. Access courses at institutions in Scotland can only be coded 45 'Access course not validated'. HEFCE use qualification on entry data to inform funding. Since 2005-06 funding students with unknown entry qualifications have received zero weighting in the widening participation and improving retention funding streams. In particular, where students have entered via UCAS with qualifications that are made available by UCAS for inclusion on the HESA student record which are not returned by institutions HEFCE expect them to receive a zero weight. Students entering with enhanced first degrees, that is qualifications that would be coded H22/M22 in the COURSEAIM field, should be recorded as having a higher degree (01) in the QUALENT2 field. Instance.QUALENT2 records a student's highest qualification on entry to the instance, it should NOT be updated to reflect qualifications gained during the instance. Institutions in England will need to consider qualifications gained by students during the instance to establish ELQ status but should not subsequently update Instance.QUALENT2. Any potential change to the fundability status as a result of ELQ should be reflected year-on-year within the Instance.FUNDCODE field. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | HESA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Version | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date modified | 2009-08-21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change management notes | Guidance on access courses updated to link to Access to HE website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schema components |
Element: QUALENT2
Data type: QUALENT2CodeContentType | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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