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HESA Student Record 2007/08 - FTE method

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HESA Student Record 2007/08

Fields required from institutions in Northern Ireland

FTE method


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Short name FTEMETHOD
Type field
Description

This field indicates the method used to return Student FTE

Applicable to Scotland
Coverage

All instances at institutions in Scotland where Instance.REDUCEDI = 00, 01 or 03

Base data type FTEMETHODCodeType
Field length 1
Part of
Minimum occurrences 0
Maximum occurrences 1
Related fields
Reason required

To inform analysis by FTE.

Notes

Where course academic years span two HESA reporting years, institutions in Scotland have a choice in how they return Student FTE in Instance.STULOAD (see extra guidance for more detail).

The choice is:

  • 1. 50:50 approach, the load is apportioned between the HESA reporting years on a pro-rata basis.
  • 2. 100:0 approach, all the load is assumed to be in the first HESA reporting year
  • 3. 0:100 approach, all the load is assumed to be in the second HESA reporting year

Note that the 50:50 method involves a pro-rata split of FTE, not necessarily an even split, across years.

This field indicates the choice made for this student instance.

Course academic years which fit within the HESA reporting year should be returned as code 1 in this field.

Owner HESA
Version 1.2
Date modified 2008-02-28
Change management notes Business rule 1 amended to exclude REDUCEDI = 02, and business rule 2 added
Business rules
1 (Error)

Instance.FTEMETHOD must exist for institutions in Scotland where Instance.REDUCEDI = 00, 01 or 03

2 (Error)

Instance.FTEMETHOD must not exist for institutions in England, Northern Ireland or Wales

Schema components
Element: FTEMETHOD
Valid entries and labels
1 50:50
2 100:0
3 0:100

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