Coverage of the record

Coverage of the record

Version 1.0 Produced 2011-02-18

General definition

The Student Record is collected in respect of all students registered in the reporting institution who follow programmes of study leading to the award of a qualification or institutional credit.

The Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) record supplements the Student Record in so far as it is linked to it and collects information about what those completing their HE experience go on to do. The record is in two parts: an early survey and a longitudinal follow-up. However, this manual describes only the part of the record to be collected by institutions in 2010/11, which is the early survey with two reference dates.

The definition of the population to be surveyed as part of the DLHE as at each of 18 April 2011 and 9 January 2012 is set out below with reference to the Student Record.

Specification of DLHE Target Population (POPDLHE)

In terms of coding within the Student Collection

A student instance is counted within the POPDLHE population when

QualificationsAwarded.QUAL is:

D00 Doctorate degree obtained primarily through advanced supervised research written up as a thesis/dissertation
D01 New Route PhD
E00 Doctorate degree NOT obtained primarily through advanced supervised research written up as a thesis/dissertation
L00 Masters degree obtained primarily through advanced supervised research written up as a thesis/dissertation
L80 Other postgraduate qualification obtained primarily through advanced supervised research at level L written up as a thesis/dissertation
M00 Masters degree obtained typically by a combination of coursework and thesis/dissertation, and not primarily through advanced supervised research written up as a thesis/dissertation
M01 Taught masters degree designed specifically as a training in research methods and intended as a preparation for advanced supervised research
M02 Masters in Teaching and Learning
M10 Post-experience taught masters degree
M11 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
M16 Pre-registration masters degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
M22 Integrated undergraduate/postgraduate taught masters degree on the enhanced/ extended pattern
M26 Integrated undergraduate/postgraduate taught masters degree on the enhanced/ extended pattern leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
M41 Diploma at level M
M50 Postgraduate bachelors degree at level M obtained typically by a combination of coursework and thesis/dissertation, and not primarily through advanced supervised research written up as a thesis/dissertation
M71 Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate Diploma in Education
M80 Other taught qualification at level M
M86 Taught qualification at level M leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
M88 Taught qualification at level M (where a qualification at level H is a pre-requisite for course entry) leading towards registration with the Architects Registration Board (Part 2 qualification)
H00 First degree with honours
H11 First degree with honours leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)/registration with a General Teaching Council (GTC)
H16 Pre-registration first degree with honours leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
H18 First degree with honours leading towards registration with the Architects Registration Board (Part 1 qualification)
H22 First degree with honours on the enhanced/extended pattern but at level H
H23 First degree with honours and diploma
H41 Diploma at level H
H42 Certificate at level H
H50 Postgraduate bachelors degree at level H
H60 Graduate diploma/certificate at level H
H61 Graduate diploma/certificate at level H but where a previous qualification at level H is a pre-requisite for course entry
H71 Professional Graduate Certificate in Education
H80 Other qualification at level H
H88 Qualification at level H (where another qualification at level H is a pre-requisite for course entry) leading towards registration with the Architects Registration Board (Part 2 qualification)
I00 Ordinary (non-honours) first degree
I11 Ordinary (non-honours) first degree leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)/registration with a General Teaching Council (GTC)
I16 Pre-registration ordinary (non-honours) first degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
I60 Graduate diploma/certificate at level I
I61 Graduate diploma/certificate at level I
but where a previous qualification at level I or H is a pre-requisite for course entry
J10 Foundation degree
J16 Foundation degree which on completion meets entry requirement for pre-registration health and social care qualification
J20 Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE)
J26 Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
J30 Higher National Diploma (HND)
C20 Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE)
C30 Higher National Certificate (HNC)

and
Instance.RSNEND <> 05 (Death)

and
Instance.MODE <>
63 Dormant - previously full-time.
64 Dormant - previously part-time.

and
EntryProfile.DOMICILE =

AX - Aland Islands (Ahvenamaa)
AT - Austria
BE - Belgium
BG - Bulgaria
IC - Canary Islands
XL - Channel Islands (not otherwise specified)
XA - Cyprus (European Union)
XC - Cyprus not otherwise specified
CZ - Czech Republic
DK - Denmark
XF - England
EE - Estonia
FI - Finland
FR - France
GF - French Guiana
DE - Germany
GI - Gibraltar
GR - Greece
GP - Guadeloupe
GG - Guernsey
HU - Hungary
IE - Ireland
IM - Isle of Man
IT - Italy
JE - Jersey
LV - Latvia
LT - Lithuania
LU - Luxembourg
MT - Malta
MQ - Martinique
NL - Netherlands
XG - Northern Ireland
PL - Poland
PT - Portugal
RE - Reunion
RO - Romania
XH - Scotland
SK - Slovakia
SI - Slovenia
ES - Spain
SE - Sweden
XI - Wales
XK - United Kingdom, not otherwise specified

(If Domicile is unknown ('ZZ') then an assumption of UK is made unless Instance.FEEELIG indicates that the student is not eligible to pay home fees (Instance.FEEELIG = '2').

From this population:

Those for whom 2010-08-01 <=Instance.ENDDATE<=2010-12-31 should be surveyed with reference to 18 April 2011

Those for whom 2011-01-01 <=Instance.ENDDATE<=2011-07-31 should be surveyed with reference to 9 January 2012

Where an individual has been awarded two qualifications which fall into different survey periods they should be surveyed twice. The APRJAN field should be used to indicate which survey a response applies to. An individual making two responses should be included in the dataset twice, allowing their responses to be linked to the relevant qualifications rewarded.