HESA Student Record 2008/09
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Version 1.0 Produced 2009-08-12
File Structure - HIN Target List File specification (HE and FE)
HIN HE Target list
The HIN HE Target list is a list of students for whom a record is expected in the 2009/10 return. The list consists of HE level records that have been returned as 'live' in 2008/09.
This file is available as an XML file or as a fixed length file.
| Field | Length |
| Student.HUSID | 13 |
| Institution.UKPRN | 8 |
| Instance.NUMHUS | 20 |
| Instance.CAMPID | 1 |
| NAMECAT (* see below) | 42 |
| Course.COURSEAIM | 3 |
| Course.CTITLE | 255 |
| Student.OWNSTU | 20 |
| STATUS (* see below) | 2 |
| YEAR (* see below) | 4 |
| EntryProfile.QUALENT2 | 2 |
| Instance.COMDATE | 10 |
| EntryProfile.POSTCODE | 8 |
| Student.ETHNIC | 2 |
| EntryProfile.DOMICILE | 2 |
| EntryProfile.YRLLINST | 4 |
| EntryProfile.UCASAPPID | 9 |
* Fields which do not appear in the coding manual
- NAMECAT - "Student.SURNAME (up to 40 characters) + ','+Student.FNAMES (first character)"
- STATUS - Category of record based on whether it can be matched to a record held on the HIN Register and its status in last year's collection. Entries are as follows:
13 - match to a record on the HIN register, previously returned as left now live
23 - Match to a record on the HIN Register, previously returned as not active now live
33 - Match to a record on the HIN Register, previously returned as live now live
43 - Match to a record on the HIN Register but previously no record was submitted now live
53 - No match to a record on the HIN Register but now live
Note 'previously' refers to the 2007/08 collection - YEAR - The year this record was last active.
HIN FE Target list
The HIN FE Target list is a list of students for whom a record is expected in the 2009/10 return. The list consists of FE level records that have been returned as 'live' in 2008/09.
This file is available as an XML file or as a fixed length file.
| Field | Length |
| Student.HUSID | 13 |
| Institution.UKPRN | 8 |
| Instance.NUMHUS | 20 |
| Instance.CAMPID | 1 |
| NAMECAT (* see below) | 42 |
| Course.COURSEAIM | 3 |
| Course.CTITLE | 255 |
| Student.OWNSTU | 20 |
| STATUS (* see below) | 2 |
| YEAR (* see below) | 4 |
| EntryProfile.QUALENT2 | 2 |
| Instance.COMDATE | 10 |
| EntryProfile.POSTCODE | 8 |
| Student.ETHNIC | 2 |
| EntryProfile.DOMICILE | 2 |
| EntryProfile.YRLLINST | 4 |
| EntryProfile.UCASAPPID | 9 |
* Fields which do not appear in the coding manual
- NAMECAT - "Student.SURNAME (up to 40 characters) + ','+Student.FNAMES (first character)"
- STATUS - Category of record based on whether it can be matched to a record held on the HIN Register and its status in last year's collection. Entries are as follows:
13 - match to a record on the HIN register, previously returned as left now live
23 - Match to a record on the HIN Register, previously returned as not active now live
33 - Match to a record on the HIN Register, previously returned as live now live
43 - Match to a record on the HIN Register but previously no record was submitted now live
53 - No match to a record on the HIN Register but now live
Note 'previously' refers to the 2007/08 collection - YEAR - The year this record was last active.
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