Combined student/module record 02/03
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02011: Mode of study
Field Information
| Number: | 070 |
| Name: | Mode of study |
| Abbreviation: | MODE |
| Length: | 2 |
| Status: | Compulsory. |
| Description: | The Mode of study field will indicate the method by which a student is being taught their study programme. |
| Notes: | Full-time according to Funding Council definitions: The Funding Councils have agreed that a common definition of full-time is that years of programme of study must involve a minimum of 24 weeks study. Each Funding Council may also have further additional conditions. HESA will apply the 24 week rule to its definition of full-time in publications i.e. full-time will be all those students coded 01 in field 70, together with all those students coded 02 and whose expected length of study (fields 49 and 50) is over 24 weeks. Sandwich according to Funding Council definitions: i.e. which fall under the definition of sandwich under the award regulations as set out by the Funding Council. Years of programme of study must involve a minimum of 24 weeks study/placement. HESA's definition of sandwich students will be all those students coded 23 or 24 in field 70, together with all those students coded 25 and whose expected length of study (fields 49 and 50) is over 24 weeks. Code 23, Thick sandwich students are those for which an industrial (or other) placement causes a continuous absence from full-time study of at least one academic year. A record must be returned for every student enrolled on a sandwich course irrespective of whether they are in attendance at the institution or engaged in industrial training. Students should be coded as sandwich for every year of the course and not just those in which industrial experience takes place. The students who are actually out on placement can be identified via field 71, Location of study. Code 24, A thin sandwich must involve the student in an average of more than 21 hours study a week for a minimum of 24 weeks study/placement. Students who are actively writing-up are not considered to be dormant by HESA. A record is required for such students, with field 70, Mode of study, coded as 43 or 44 'Writing up'. Code 51 should be used for students on sabbatical years e.g. holding Student Union office. Codes 52 and 53 should only be used for study related years out which count towards the Qualification Aim. Language years out that are not classed as thick sandwich programmes should be coded 53 in the year the student is abroad. Years out for any other reason should be coded 63 or 64, Dormant. Students who become dormant part way through the reporting year will need a full HESA record in the July data collection reflecting their status whilst active (i.e. the position that applied just before they became dormant). Field 70, Mode of study, should be their mode of study whilst active (and not code 63 or 64 'Dormant' which should only be used for students who are dormant for the whole reporting period). Field 74, Student FTE, should potentially be reduced to reflect the fact that the student was not active for the whole reporting period. Any students with a mode of study 63 or 64 'Dormant' will be excluded from the HESA standard registration population used for analysis purposes. A record is not required for such students except in the case where awards have been made to students from dormant status. Institutions with awards made in a reporting period to students not active in in the reporting period should include a record for these students in the reporting period July data collection, showing mode of study 63 or 64 'dormant'. This may either be via a full record (all fields will be validated and Student FTE must be 000.0) or through a reduced record for dormant students (only the specified fields will be validated and Student FTE will be assumed to be 000.0) - see dormant students reduced record in C02011 Reduced Individualised Student Records. Codes for dormant can be used only if the student was not actively following a programme of study at anytime during the reporting period. A student who was actively following a programme of study at sometime during the reporting period but who has now suspended studies, will have an active mode of study and will be identified through the field 152/137, Student suspending active studies, (NOTACT). The use of the specific full-time codes 12 to 14 is compulsory for all students at English or Welsh institutions who are following programmes of study at FE level or funded by LSC or ELWa. Code 31, 'Part-time' is assumed to include all the specific types of part-time study detailed in codes 32 to 35. The use of the specific part-time codes 32 to 35 (not the generic part-time code 31) is compulsory for all students at English or Welsh institutions who are following programmes of study at FE level or funded by LSC or ELWa. In all other cases whether institutions in England, Wales or Northern Ireland use of the generic or the specific part-time codes is optional. Institutions in Scotland should use part-time codes 38 or 39. When using the specific part-time codes, if there is uncertainty about whether a student is released from employment, code as 34, 'Part-time, not-released from employment'. Supervised postgraduate students working away from the institution should be coded as 34, 'Part-time, not released from employment'. Code 32, Block release students are those who attend full-time for a period less than 24 weeks per academic/financial year and where study, i) is broken by a period of industrial training or employment and ii) may be additional to study on one or two days a week during another part of the session. FE students at institutions in England and Wales only may have code 36, 'FE students (E & W) - open or distance learning'. All other distance learning students should be coded according to their individual mode/pattern of study, e.g. full-time or part-time. FE students at institutions in England and Wales only may have code 37 FE students (E & W) - accredited by prior experience and learning, APL/APEL. Part-time courses/programmes of study which involve a mixture of day and evening attendance should be recorded under whichever of codes 32-34 is most appropriate, e.g. a day release course which also involves evening attendance should be coded '33' 'Twilight only' courses should be counted as 'evening only' and coded '35'. Where a student has changed their mode of study within the reporting period, the record should show the current or latest position. |
| Reason Required: | To distinguish between, e.g. full-time and part-time students. To obtain the numbers, e.g. taking a year out, or on a thick sandwich year or a language course year abroad, etc. These are/can be treated in different ways for funding purposes. Codes 43 and 44 allow HESA to include in the Destination Target Populations only those writing-up students whose mode was previously full-time. Codes 63 and 64 allow HESA to identify the mode of study of students prior to becoming Dormant. Key descriptor of the sector used for publications, projections and planning. |
Valid Entries
| 01 | Full-time according to Funding Council definitions. |
| 02 | Other full-time. |
| 12 | FE students (E & W), full-time 30 weeks or more. |
| 13 | FE students (E & W), full-time 4-29 weeks. |
| 14 | FE students (E & W), full-time less than 4 weeks. |
| 23 | Sandwich (thick) according to Funding Council definitions. |
| 24 | Sandwich (thin) according to Funding Council definitions. |
| 25 | Other sandwich course/programme. |
| 31 | Part-time. |
| 32 | FE students (E & W), Block release. |
| 33 | FE students (E & W), Part-time, released from employment. |
| 34 | FE students (E & W), Part-time, not released from employment. |
| 35 | FE students (E & W), Evening only. |
| 36 | FE students (E & W) - open or distance learning. |
| 37 | FE students (E & W) - accredited by prior experience and learning, APL/APEL. |
| 38 | Structured part-time (institutions in Scotland) |
| 39 | Other part-time (institutions in Scotland) |
| 43 | Writing-up - previously full-time. |
| 44 | Writing-up - previously part-time. |
| 51 | Sabbatical. |
| 52 | Optional year out - study related |
| 53 | Compulsory year out - study related |
| 63 | Dormant - previously full-time. |
| 64 | Dormant - previously part-time. |
Validation Rules
| 017067 | This field must not be blank. (Severity: 99) |
M_NOTEMPTY | |
| 018673 | This field must contain a valid code. (Severity: 99) |
M_VALIDCODE | |
| 019107 | Where COMDATE is in the current reporting period (i.e. on/after 01-Aug-02) then MODE cannot be coded 63 or 64. (Severity: 99) |
!IsEmpty(_COMDATE_) && _DateDiff(DAY,GetFieldNoDate(_COMDATE_),August1Year1) >= 0L ? !(M_ISFIELD(_MODE_,"63") ||M_ISFIELD(_MODE_,"64")): M_TRUE | |
| 019108 | If English or Welsh institution and TTCID is coded 1,6 or 7 then this field must be 01, 02, 31, 63 or 64. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_TTCID_) && (M_ENGLISH || M_WELSH) && (M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"1") || M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"6") ||M_ISFIELD(_TTCID_,"7"))? M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"01")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"02")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"31")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"63")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"64") : M_TRUE | |
| 019109 | If FESTUMK=1 or 4 and English or Welsh institution, this field can only be coded 12, 13, 14, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 or 37. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_FESTUMK_) && ((M_ISFIELD(_FESTUMK_,"1") || M_ISFIELD(_FESTUMK_,"4")) && (M_ENGLISH ||M_WELSH))? IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,12L,14L) || IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,32L,37L): M_TRUE | |
| 019110 | If RECID=02111 then MODE cannot be coded 01. (Severity: 99) |
M_ISFIELD(_RECID_,"02111") ? !M_ISFIELD(_MODE_,"01") : M_TRUE | |
| 019111 | If RECID=02011 or 02012 and institution is Scottish and YEARLGTH is completed but less than 24, this field cannot be coded 01. (Severity: 99) |
(M_ISFIELD(_RECID_,"02011") || M_ISFIELD(_RECID_,"02012")) && M_SCOTTISH && GetFieldNoInteger(_YEARLGTH_) < 24 && !M_ISEMPTY(_YEARLGTH_) &&M_REQUIRED(_YEARLGTH_) ? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"01") : M_TRUE | |
| 019112 | If English, Scottish or Northern Irish institution and UNITLGTH=3 and SPLENGTH is coded 01 to 23 then this field cannot be coded 01. (Severity: 99) |
!M_WELSH && M_ISFIELD(_UNITLGTH_,"3") &&IsValidInteger(_SPLENGTH_,01L,23L) && M_REQUIRED(_SPLENGTH_) && M_REQUIRED(_UNITLGTH_)? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"01") : M_TRUE | |
| 019113 | If English, Scottish or Northern Irish institution and UNITLGTH=2 and SPLENGTH is coded 01 to 05 then this field cannot be coded 01. (Severity: 99) |
!M_WELSH && M_ISFIELD(_UNITLGTH_,"2") &&IsValidInteger(_SPLENGTH_,01L,05L) &&M_REQUIRED(_SPLENGTH_) && M_REQUIRED(_UNITLGTH_)? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"01") : M_TRUE | |
| 019114 | If FESTUMK is coded 2 this field cannot be coded 12, 13, 14, 32, 33 ,34, 35, 36 or 37. (Severity: 99) |
M_REQUIRED(_FESTUMK_) && M_ISFIELD(_FESTUMK_,"2") ? !(M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"12")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"13")||M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"14")||IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,32L,37L)) : M_TRUE | |
| 019115 | Institutions in Scotland cannot use code 31. (Severity: 99) |
M_SCOTTISH ? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"31") : M_TRUE |
