HESA Student record 2012/13
File structures for downloadable files
Version 1.0 Produced 2013-04-30
File Structure - DLHE target population (POPDLHE)
Files are produced in XML and fixed length format.
Derived fields, prefixed with an X, are standard ways of grouping data. View details of the derived field specifications.
Field name | Description | Element name in XML output | Field length |
Student.HUSID | HESA unique student identifier | HUSID | 13 |
Student.SURNAME | Family name | SURNAME | 100 |
Student.FNAMES | Forenames | FNAMES | 100 |
Student.OWNSTU | Institution's own identifier for student | OWNSTU | 20 |
Course.CTITLE | Course title | CTITLE | 255 |
Course.COURSEID | Course identifier | COURSEID | 30 |
Qualification mode of study | 1=Full-time, 2=Part-time | XQMODE01 | 1 |
QualificationsAwarded.QUAL | Qualification awarded | QUAL1 | 3 |
QualificationsAwarded.QUAL | Qualification awarded 1 | QUAL2 | 3 |
DLHE Highest qualification obtained | The highest entry where more than one occurrence is returned of QualificationsAwarded.QUAL | XOBTND01 | 3 |
Level of qualification DLHE - 3 way split | Level of qualification in DLHE - 3 way split | XDLEV301 | 1 |
Home/Other EU/Other Overseas flag 3 | 1=Home, 2=Other EU, 3 = Other Overseas | HOMEEUOS | 1 |
Course.TTCID | Teacher training course | TTCID | 1 |
Instance.RCSTDNT | Research Council student | RCSTDNT | 2 |
Instance.NUMHUS | Student Instance identifier | NUMHUS | 20 |
CENSUS | Census (APR / JAN) | CENSUS | 3 |
Instance.OWNINST | Institution's own instance identifier | OWNINST | 30 |
Dormant flag | Identifies whether the student left the instance from a dormant MODE. Dormant = 1, Not dormant = 0 | DORMANT | 1 |
Level of qualification in DLHE - 5 way split | Level of qualification in DLHE - 5 way split | XDLEV501 | 1 |
JACS Level 1 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 1 grouping | XJACSLEV101_1 | 1 |
JACS Level 1 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 1 grouping | XJACSLEV101_22 | 1 |
JACS Level 1 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 1 grouping | XJACSLEV101_32 | 1 |
JACS Level 2 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 2 grouping | XJACSLEV201_1 | 2 |
JACS Level 2 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 2 grouping | XJACSLEV201_22 | 2 |
JACS Level 2 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 2 grouping | XJACSLEV201_32 | 2 |
JACS Level 3 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 3 grouping | XJACSLEV301_1 | 3 |
JACS Level 3 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 3 grouping | XJACSLEV301_22 | 3 |
JACS Level 3 | Analytical protocol JACS - level 3 grouping | XJACSLEV301_32 | 3 |
1If only one qualification exists the second qualification field will be blank
2These fields will only be populated where the course subject links to multiple JACS level subjects.
3The HOMEEUOS flag is derived from XDOMHM01; where Home (1) = 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in XDOMHM01, EU (2) = 6 in XDOMHM01 and Overseas (3) = 7 in XDOMHM01.Download: XML Schema for DLHE target population (POPDLHE) file. Sample XML for DLHE target population (POPDLHE) file.
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