HESA Student Record 2009/10 - Units of length
HESA Student Record 2009/10All fieldsUnits of length | return to field list | valid entries |
Short name | UNITLGTH | ||||||||||||
Type | field | ||||||||||||
Description |
This field denotes the units of length associated with Instance.SPLENGTH. | ||||||||||||
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales | ||||||||||||
Coverage | All instances where Instance.REDUCEDI = 00, 01 or 02 | ||||||||||||
Base data type | UNITLGTHCodeType | ||||||||||||
Field length | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Minimum occurrences | 0 | ||||||||||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Reason required |
To monitor patterns of study. | ||||||||||||
Notes |
Only in cases where Instance.SPLENGTH is null, unknown length, may this field be coded 9. Semesters, trimesters and terms are not of uniform length throughout the sector and should be converted into years/months/weeks. The lowest appropriate value of UNITLGTH should be used e.g. length should be expressed in terms of years, if appropriate, rather than months. Foundation and sandwich years It is not expected that the length of study be adjusted for individual students. However, where there are different options that students can take, for example, foundation years and sandwich placements, it is expected that the length reflects the options taken. For example, where a student undertakes an integrated foundation year it is normally expected that the length be recorded as one year longer than if the student had just taken a stand-alone degree. | ||||||||||||
Owner | HESA | ||||||||||||
Version | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
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Element: UNITLGTH
Data type: UNITLGTHCodeContentType | ||||||||||||
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