Destinations of leavers from HE 03/04

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03018: Employer sponsorship 1

Field Information

Number: 052
Name: Employer sponsorship 1
Abbreviation: EMSPNS1
Length: 1
Status: Compulsory
Description: These fields describe whether the employer provided support for the part-time student.

Question asked:

Q36. Did the employer you worked with before or during your course give you support during all or part of your course?

Link to questionnaire:

Field 52- Yes: my tuition fees were paid
Field 53 - Yes: I was given a grant to cover my tuition fees and living expenses
Field 54 - Yes: I was given study leave
Field 55- Yes: I was supported in other ways
Field 56 - No: my employer did not support me in any way
Notes: Question not on telephone script.

Leavers can tick as many of the options on the questionnaire as they wish. Each blank/ticked option is coded as a separate field. Institutions should return '1' in the fields corresponding to the options the leaver ticked and '0' in the fields corresponding to the options they did not tick. It is acceptable for all of fields 52-56 Employment sponsorship 1 to 5 to be coded '0'.

Default code' X' must be used when field 4, METHOD = '3', '4' or '9'.
Reason Required: To find out whether those part-time students who were simultaneously employed were supported by their employers.

Valid Entries

0Box blank.
1Box ticked.
XQuestion not answered

Validation Rules

025346
This field must be completed. (Severity: 99)
M_NOTEMPTY
025347
This field must contain a valid code (0, 1 or X). (Severity: 99)
M_VALIDCODE
025348
If METHOD is coded (8 or 9) this field must be coded X. (Severity: 99)
M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"8") || M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"9")?
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X"):
M_TRUE
026847
If METHOD is coded (3 or 4) this field must be coded X (Severity: 9)
M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"3") || M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"4")?
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X"):
M_TRUE