2007/08 - Type of activity
2007/08All FieldsType of activity | return to field list |
Short name | TYPE | ||||||||||
Type | field | ||||||||||
Description |
This field defines the arrangements under which overseas programmes are provided. | ||||||||||
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales | ||||||||||
Coverage | All records | ||||||||||
Base data type | TYPECodeType | ||||||||||
Field length | 1 | ||||||||||
Part of | |||||||||||
Minimum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||
Reason required |
To distinguish between the different arrangements under which overseas programmes are provided. | ||||||||||
Notes |
Codes 1-3 are to be used for students who are registered at the reporting institution. "Registered" for the purposes of HESA's data collection is to be interpreted as being identical to the definition of registered adopted by each institution's Funding Council. "Overseas" for the purposes of HESA's data collection means outside of the UK. The Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not part of the United Kingdom. "UK HEI award" and "award of the reporting institution" include cases where awards are joint awards of UK HEI and overseas partner organisation(s). Codes 1 and 2. In this context "Overseas campus" means a campus purporting to belong to the reporting institution; a campus set up as a branch campus of the parent institution. As such it is seen as no different from any other campus of the institution. In some cases a commercial partner may actually own the physical structure. However where the reporting institution effectively owns and manages the intellectual operation, this is regarded as an overseas campus of the reporting institution. Code 2. Included in this type would be collaborative provision with an overseas partner organisation(s), some types of collaborative provision are sometimes described as 'franchised' provision, consortia and joint award arrangements. Collaborative provision denotes educational provision leading to an award of an awarding institution delivered and/or supported and/or assessed through an arrangement with a partner organisation. This approach is in line with the QAA Code of practice (for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher education, Section 2: Collaborative provision and flexible and distributed learning - September 2004). Not included under Code 2 is distance, flexible and distributed learning provision which should be returned under Code 3. Code 3. "Distance, flexible and distributed learning" denotes educational provision leading to an award of an awarding institution delivered and/or supported and/or assessed through means which generally do not require the student to attend particular classes or events at particular times and particular locations. This approach is in line with the QAA Code of practice (for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher education, Section 2: Collaborative provision and flexible and distributed learning - September 2004). Distance learners overseas. There are a small number of distance learning students studying outside the UK who are funded - e.g. Crown servants overseas and the Services. For these students a full individualised record is needed. All other distance learning students studying outside the UK should be included in the Aggregate return for students studying wholly overseas. Codes 4 or 5 should be used where students are not registered students of the reporting institution but are studying overseas for awards of the reporting institution. Students studying under articulation arrangements but who do not meet the criteria of being either registered with the reporting institution or studying for an award of the reporting institution are not included in the Aggregate return. | ||||||||||
Owner | HESA | ||||||||||
Version | 1.0 | ||||||||||
Schema components |
Element: TYPE
Data type: TYPECodeContentType | ||||||||||
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