Combined student/module record 03/04
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03011: General qualification aim of student
Field Information
| Number: | 041 |
| Name: | General qualification aim of student |
| Abbreviation: | QUALAIM |
| Length: | 2 |
| Status: | Compulsory. |
| Description: | The General qualification aim of student is intended to record the qualification the student hopes to attain as a result of their studies. This will not necessarily be the highest possible level of qualification, but the entry that the student is aiming for at the time. Later possible conversions from sub-degree to degree level (or vice versa) must be ignored here. |
| Notes: | Code 15 'Post Registration health and social care courses' will be interpreted by HESA as other undergraduate and should be for health and social care students undertaking continuing professional updating modules. Health and social care students studying for postgraduate qualifications should be coded to the appropriate code in this field and not to code 15. For example, a health and social care studying for a PhD should be coded 02 or 03 as appropriate, rather than 15. Courses coded 15 which lead to a qualification to teach nursing, midwifery or health visiting courses should be coded 2 in field 53, Teacher training course identifier. All students currently coded 19 in this field should be recoded to 18. In addition those students currently coded 21 'First Degree' whose degrees give eligibility to register with a Health or Social Care regulatory body should also be recoded to 18. By the end of 2003 the QCA aims to have completed its process of accrediting external awarding bodies (i.e. awarding bodies other than HEIs). It is important that qualifications made by external awarding bodies are distinguished between those with and those without QCA recognition. After that date, the HEFCE will only fund courses leading to qualifications made by external awarding bodies if they have received the appropriate QCA accreditation, or if the continued funding has been approved as part of transition arrangements. Code 63 should be used for courses that have neither QCA accreditation, nor such approval. A recognised Access to HE course is one listed under the DfES's List of Access Courses Preparing Students for Entry to Courses of Higher Education. To qualify for inclusion on the list, an Access course must be 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. This list is available in hard copy from the DfES and is also recorded on the UCAS Access Courses Database (http://www.ucas.ac.uk/access). QAA does not validate any Access courses at institutions in Scotland. The 'General qualification aim of student' should be coded at the same level (postgraduate, undergraduate, FE) as was shown for the student in the Funding Council HESES/Early Statistics. Where the institution allows enrolment onto ordinary degrees in addition to honours degrees, the information about which qualification the student obtained will be collected by field 39, Classification. Higher bachelors degrees at undergraduate level should be coded 21. Enhanced first degrees (code 22) include Finneston degrees and other "undergraduate masters" degrees, e.g. MEng. Such courses should be coded 22 for every year of the programme of study. An intercalated first degree (code 24) is where students on a first degree, usually in medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine, interrupt their studies to complete a one-year course of advanced studies in a related topic, usually to Honours standard. On completion of the intercalated year, the student resumes studies on their original programme of study. Code 18 'First degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a Health or Social Care or Veterinary statutory regulatory body.' will be used in combination with the subject code or codes to identify those degrees which lead to eligibility to register to practice with a Health or Social Care or Veterinary statutory regulatory body. Code 28 Foundation Degree is intended to cover 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. Postgraduate professional qualifications are those which, regardless of their level, normally require the possession of a first degree for admission. Undergraduate professional diplomas and certificates should be coded 25. Professional awarding body can be identified in field 47, Awarding body 1, and field 48, Awarding body 2. Where a student is following a programme of study leading potentially to two or more qualifications concurrently, and that combination is not specified under valid entries, please return the qualification the code of which is closest to 02. For HE level students funded by the LSC or NC-ELWa (shown as code 3 'The student is an FE Funding Council funded student studying at HE level' in field 6, FE student marker) both fields 41, General qualification aim of student, and 42, FE general qualification aim of student, must be completed in full. For FE level students in England and Wales (shown as code 1'The student is an LSC/NC-ELWa FE funded learner studying at FE level' or code 4 'The student is not an LSC/NC-ELWa FE funded learner but is studying at FE level' in field 6, FE student marker) both fields 41, General qualification aim of student, and 42, FE general qualification aim of student, must be completed. However, code 76 'Other qualification below HE level' may be returned as a default in field 41, General qualification aim of student provided a valid learning aims database reference is given in Field 42 General qualification aim of student, for all FE level students except (a) at institutions in Wales for students on Welsh for Adults courses which should be coded 83 and (b) at institutions in England for FE level students who are repeating the programme of study which should be coded 81 or 82. FE (E) default code 76 'Other qualification below HE level' will be assumed to be 'Not a repeated programme of study at this institution'. Certificate in Further Education should be coded 08 if at postgraduate level or 32 if at undergraduate level. Code 31, 'Foundation course at HE level' is 'Not used'. If the foundation course is not integrated into another qualification, then the course is at FE level. Code 77 'Foundation course at FE level' should be returned in field 41, General qualification aim of student. If the foundation course or year is integrated into another qualification e.g. a first degree, code 21 'First degree' should be returned in field 41, General qualification aim of student. Foundation courses below HE level should be coded 77 or 99 if the programme of study does not lead to any formal qualification. Visiting and exchange students taking credit bearing courses towards their own institution's qualification should be coded 61 or 62, 'Institutional credit'. Post/Higher Doctorates should not be included in the return. Code 63 will be available for use from 2003/04. Codes 81 and 82 can only be used by institutions in England. Codes 19 and 31 are 'Not used'. The HESA record for a student studying for a Foundation Degree bridging course should indicate this in field 52, Special programmes, for each academic year during which they are active for the bridging course. The FTE recorded in field 74, Student FTE, should be increased to reflect the additional FTE of the bridging course. Where the bridging course spans two academic years, the first of these academic years should be returned as 'non-standard' in field 153/138, Type of programme year. Where a student is only active for the bridging course during the academic year, they should return field 41, General qualification aim of student, with entry 61, 'Institutional undergraduate credit which may be counted towards qualifications within codes 01 to 52' (i.e. when a student withdraws during or following completion of the course, or where they transfer in from another institution prior to commencing the course). In comparing HESA data to HESES, HEFCE will use the above information to generate two countable years for such students. |
| Example: | Where a course leads to an MSc or a postgraduate diploma (depending upon the results of exams/projects/etc.), the general qualification aim should be recorded as 'MSc' unless the student intends only to take the diploma. With a course leading to an HND, where some of the students may subsequently carry on to take a degree, their current general qualification aim of HND should be recorded. |
| Reason Required: | To distinguish between courses leading to degrees, HNDs, etc. To determine student numbers by level. Key descriptor of the sector used for publications, projections and planning. |
Valid Entries
| 02 | Doctorate degree mainly by research. |
| 03 | Doctorate degree not mainly by research. |
| 04 | Masters degree mainly by research. |
| 05 | Masters degree not mainly by research. |
| 06 | Postgraduate bachelors degree mainly by research. |
| 07 | Postgraduate bachelors degree not mainly by research. |
| 08 | Postgraduate diploma or certificate (not PGCE) not mainly by research. |
| 10 | Professional qualification at postgraduate level (not PGCE) with or without academic qualification. |
| 12 | Ordinary PGCE. |
| 13 | Articled PGCE. |
| 14 | Postgraduate diploma or certificate (not PGCE) mainly by research. |
| 15 | Post Registration health and social care courses. |
| 18 | First degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a Health or Social Care or Veterinary statutory regulatory body. |
| 20 | First degree with Qualified Teacher Status/registration with General Teaching Council. |
| 21 | First degree. |
| 22 | Enhanced first degree. |
| 23 | First degree and diploma (to be obtained concurrently). |
| 24 | Intercalated first degree. |
| 25 | Professional qualification at undergraduate level, with or without academic qualification. |
| 26 | Professional qualification for serving school teachers |
| 27 | Post degree diploma/certificate at undergraduate level |
| 28 | Foundation degree. |
| 29 | Diploma of Higher Education. |
| 30 | Certificate of Higher Education. |
| 32 | Other undergraduate diplomas and certificates. |
| 33 | Diploma in HE leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a Health or Social Care regulatory body. |
| 41 | HND. |
| 42 | HNC. |
| 43 | Other formal HE qualification of less than degree standard. |
| 44 | Qualified Teacher Status only (licenced teachers). |
| 45 | Teaching Certificate (trained through the medium of Welsh) |
| 51 | NVQ/SVQ level 5. |
| 52 | NVQ/SVQ level 4. |
| 53 | NVQ/SVQ level 3/GNVQ Advanced or equivalent. |
| 54 | NVQ/SVQ level 2/GNVQ Intermediate or equivalent. |
| 55 | NVQ/SVQ level 1/GNVQ Foundation or equivalent. |
| 61 | Institutional undergraduate credit which may be counted towards qualifications contained within codes 02 to 52 (includes CAT Schemes). |
| 62 | Institutional postgraduate credit which may be counted towards qualifications contained within codes 02 to 52. |
| 63 | Non-accredited and non-approved HE qualification. |
| 71 | OND, SCOTVEC National diploma. |
| 72 | ONC, SCOTVEC National certificate. |
| 73 | City and Guilds. |
| 74 | Other non-advanced diploma. |
| 75 | Other non-advanced certificate. |
| 76 | Other qualification below HE level. |
| 77 | Foundation course at FE level. |
| 78 | Professional qualification at FE level, with or without academic qualification. |
| 79 | Access course (QAA recognised). |
| 80 | Access course (not QAA recognised). |
| 81 | FE Qualification aim. Repeated programme of study - previously taken at this institution and not achieved |
| 82 | FE Qualification aim. Repeated programme of study - to improve the grade previously achieved at this institution |
| 83 | Welsh for Adults. |
| 84 | A/AS levels. |
| 85 | GCSE/VCE. |
| 86 | FE level credits. |
| 97 | No formal undergraduate qualification (advanced/HE). |
| 98 | No formal postgraduate qualification (advanced/HE). |
| 99 | No formal qualification aim (non-advanced/FE). |
Validation Rules
| 023606 | This field must be completed. (Severity: 99) |
M_NOTEMPTY | |
| 023607 | This field must contain a valid code. (Severity: 99) |
M_VALIDCODE | |
| 023739 | If the first two characters of SBJQA1 or SBJQA2 or SBJQA3 are 'D1' and INSTID not = 0112, 0114, 0126, 0143, 0167 or 0168 then this field cannot be coded 18. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_SBJQA1_) &&M_REQUIRED(_SBJQA2_) &&M_REQUIRED(_SBJQA3_) &&!M_LOOKUP(_INSTID_,VETSCHOOL) &&(M_ISFIELDN(_SBJQA1_,"D1",0,2)||M_ISFIELDN(_SBJQA2_,"D1",0,2)||M_ISFIELDN(_SBJQA3_,"D1",0,2)) ? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"18"): M_TRUE | |
| 024199 | If the first character of SBJQA1 or SBJQA2 or SBJQA3 is 'A' and INSTID not = 0051, 0073, 0110, 0111, 0112, 0114, 0116, 0117, 0119, 0120, 0121, 0124, 0125, 0126, 0132, 0134, 0139, 0145, 0149, 0153, 0154, 0155, 0156, 0159, 0160, 0162, 0163, 0164, 0167, 0168, 0170, 0172, 0173, 0179, 0181 or 0184 then this field cannot be coded 18. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_SBJQA1_) &&M_REQUIRED(_SBJQA2_) &&M_REQUIRED(_SBJQA3_) &&!M_LOOKUP(_INSTID_,MEDSCHOOL) &&(M_ISFIELDN(_SBJQA1_,"A",0,1)||M_ISFIELDN(_SBJQA2_,"A",0,1)||M_ISFIELDN(_SBJQA3_,"A",0,1)) ? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"18"): M_TRUE | |
| 024200 | If TTCID = 1 then this field must be coded 12, 20 or 23 or 44. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_TTCID_) && M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"1") ? M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"12")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"20")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"23")|| M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"44"): M_TRUE | |
| 024201 | If TTCID is coded 6 or 7 then this field must be coded 12. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_TTCID_) && (M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"6") || M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"7")) ? M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"12") : M_TRUE | |
| 024202 | Code 83 can only be used by Welsh institutions. (Severity: 99) |
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"83") ? M_WELSH : M_TRUE | |
| 024203 | Codes 81 and 82 can only be used by English institutions. (Severity: 99) |
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"81") || M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"82") ? M_ENGLISH : M_TRUE | |
| 024204 | Scottish institutions cannot use code 79. (Severity: 99) |
M_SCOTTISH ? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"79") : M_TRUE | |
| 024205 | If TTCID = 3 and MSFUND = 07 or FUNDCODE = 7 then this field must be coded 02 to 10, 14, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 43, 61 or 62. (Severity: 9) |
M_REQUIRED(_FUNDCODE_) && M_REQUIRED(_MSFUND_) && M_REQUIRED(_TTCID_) && M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"3") && (M_ISFIELD(_MSFUND_,"07") || M_ISFIELD(_FUNDCODE_,"7")) ? IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,02L,10L) ||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"14")||IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,25L,27L) ||IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,29L,30L) ||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"32")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"43")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"61")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"62") : M_TRUE |
