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HESA Student Record 2007/08

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HESA Student Record 2007/08

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Version 1.0 Produced 2008-03-11

File Structure - DLHE April Target List / POPDLHE

The downloadable file produced from the DLHE April Target List System and the POPDLHE file produced from the Student Record have the same structure. Files are produced in XML format (support will be available for converting XML files to CSV format).

New fields Instance.RCSTDNT and Course.COURSEID have been added to the files and Institution’s own programme identifier (OWNPSD) has been removed, as it is no longer collected in the Student Record. Data transaction and Line number have also been removed from the files as these concepts no longer apply. Fields have been re-ordered and field lengths updated for example, QualificationsAwarded.QUAL has increased from 2 characters to 3.

Field name Short field name/description Element name in XML output Field length
HESA Unique student identifier Student.HUSID HUSID 13
Family name Student.SURNAME SURNAME 35
Forenames Student.FNAMES FNAMES 35
Institution’s own identifier for student Student.OWNSTU OWNSTU 20
Course title Course.CTITLE CTITLE 255
Course identifier Course.COURSEID COURSEID 30
Qualification mode of study 1=Full-time, 2=Part-time XQMODE01 1
Qualification awarded QualificationsAwarded.QUAL QUAL1 3
Qualification awarded QualificationsAwarded.QUAL 1 QUAL2 3
DLHE Highest qualification obtained The highest entry where more than one occurrence is returned of QualificationsAwarded.QUAL XOBTND01 3
Level of qualification obtained 1=PG, 2=UG XQLEV301 1
Home/ Other EU flag 1=Home, 2=Other EU HOMEEU 1
Teacher training course Course.TTCID TTCID 1
Research Council student Instance.RCSTDNT RCSTDNT 2
Census APR / JAN CENSUS 3

1If only one qualification exists the second qualification field will be blank

Example XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
  <POPDLHEREPORT>
     <POPDLHEROW>
        <HUSID>0000023104806</HUSID> 
        <SURNAME>Other</SURNAME> 
        <FNAMES>Ann</FNAMES> 
        <OWNSTU>123456</OWNSTU> 
        <CTITLE>APPLIED PHYSICS</CTITLE> 
        <COURSEID>C1</COURSEID> 
        <XQMODE01>1</XQMODE01> 
        <QUAL1>M00</QUAL1> 
        <QUAL2/> 
        <XOBTND01>M00</XOBTND01> 
        <XQLEV301>1</XQLEV301> 
        <HOMEEU>1</HOMEEU> 
        <TTCID>0</TTCID> 
        <RCSTDNT>9</RCSTDNT> 
        <CENSUS>APR</CENSUS> 
     </POPDLHEROW>
     <POPDLHEROW>
        <HUSID>0000023221228</HUSID> 
        <SURNAME>Other</SURNAME> 
        <FNAMES>Alfred B.</FNAMES> 
        <OWNSTU>654321</OWNSTU> 
        <CTITLE>History of Art</CTITLE> 
        <COURSEID>C1</COURSEID> 
        <XQMODE01>1</XQMODE01> 
        <QUAL1>M00</QUAL1> 
        <QUAL2>H60</QUAL2> 
        <XOBTND01>M00</XOBTND01> 
        <XQLEV301>1</XQLEV301> 
        <HOMEEU>1</HOMEEU> 
        <TTCID>0</TTCID> 
        <RCSTDNT>9</RCSTDNT> 
        <CENSUS>APR</CENSUS> 
    </POPDLHEROW>
  </POPDLHEREPORT>

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