Student Alternative 2018/19 - Initiatives
Student Alternative 2018/19Fields required from institutions in EnglandInitiatives | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | INITIATIVES |
Description |
This field identifies students who are part of a specific scheme that is to be monitored independently. Valid entries will change from year to year to reflect current schemes. |
Applicable to | England Scotland |
Coverage | Instances at providers that are part of a named scheme |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
This field collects information with respect to student instances that are part of a scheme. Where a student transfers course within the same instance, InstancePeriod.INITIATIVES should continue to identify the scheme. The field should not be used for students who might previously have undertaken an initiative as part of a different instance or at another provider. Postgraduate Loan Eligibility Code U 'Postgraduate Loan Eligibility' should be used to identify students at providers in England who are participating on a course that is eligible for a Postgraduate Loan for Masters or Doctoral Study. This applies to students who are on courses that are: Masters
Doctoral
If more than one provider delivers the course and one is overseas, students will still be eligible for the Postgraduate Doctoral Loan so long as:
This code should only be returned for Course.COURSEAIM valid entries D00, E00, L00, L99, M00, M01, M10, M11, M16 or M88. M88 courses would not normally qualify for a Postgraduate Loan for Masters Study, but may do so if the course is studied part-time and the student is not eligible for undergraduate funding. This code is intended to record where a student is on a course that are eligible for a Masters or Doctoral loan irrespective of whether the individual student is eligible or in receipt of a loan. This information cannot be ascertained from the Student Loans Company, and Office for Students need to be able to identify these students for funding. Higher Apprenticeship A Higher Apprenticeship incorporates a work-based learning programme and leads to a nationally recognised qualification at NVQ levels 4, 5, 6 or 7 or equivalent. Code 'K' is used to identify students where the provider is aware that the instance comprises any part of the study component of a Higher Apprenticeship or Standard. For providers in England and Scotland this code should also capture students on Degree Apprenticeships (as Degree Apprenticeships are a subset of Higher Apprenticeships). |
Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this entity are displayed here.
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Reason required | From time to time funders introduce initiatives where, for a limited period, there is a requirement to track students who are recruited under the particular initiative. In order to achieve this without having to introduce new fields to the record at short notice, or conduct additional data collections, this field will be used to flag students involved in these short-term initiatives. |
Part of | |
Field length | 1 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 2 |
Schema components |
Element: INITIATIVES
Data type: INITIATIVESCodeContentType |
Owner | Office for Students |
Version | 1.2 |
Date modified | 2019-05-02 |
Change management notes | Guidance updated to clarify when Initiatives U should be returned and for which Course.COURSEAIM codes. |
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