Alternative provider student 2016/17 - Location of study
Alternative provider student 2016/17Fields required from institutions in EnglandLocation of study | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | LOCSDY |
Description |
This field describes the location at which the student is studying. |
Applicable to | England Scotland |
Coverage | All instances. |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
The coding of this field should relate to the FTE reported in field InstancePeriod.STULOAD. Codes D 'On industrial (or other) placement for the year as a whole' and E 'On industrial (or other) placement for a proportion of the year' should be returned for instances in the UK only. Code E 'On industrial (or other) placement for a proportion of the year' should be used where the student undertakes a full-time placement lasting for at least 10 weeks in the UK. Where a student undertakes a placement on a part-time basis this should only be included if, when summed, it is equivalent to 10 weeks full-time work. Students undertaking a placement in the UK as part of a sandwich course, whether industrial or other, should be returned with D or E as appropriate. Students undertaking a placement abroad should be returned with T 'Abroad for the whole year' or U 'Abroad for a proportion of the year' as appropriate. Code U 'Abroad for a proportion of the year' should be returned when the student has been abroad for 4 weeks or more in total. |
Quality rules |
Quality rules to follow
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Reason required |
To track student migration, placements, etc., and to support population definitions. Used to monitor the prevalence of distance learning, industrial and overseas placements. |
Part of | |
Field length | 1 |
Minimum occurrences | 1 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: LOCSDY
Data type: LOCSDYCodeContentType |
Related fields | |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.0 |
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