HESA Student Record 2008/09 - Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma
HESA Student Record 2008/09All fieldsWelsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma | return to field list | valid entries |
Short name | WELBACC | ||||||
Type | field | ||||||
Description |
This field identifies those students who undertook a Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma course and also distinguishes those students who were awarded the qualification from those students who were not awarded the qualification | ||||||
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales | ||||||
Coverage | All Welsh domiciled entrants at institutions in Wales (and optional for all Welsh domiciled entrants at institutions in England, NI or Scotland) where Course.COURSEAIM begins H, I, J or C and where Instance.REDUCEDI = 00 | ||||||
Base data type | WELBACCCodeType | ||||||
Field length | 1 | ||||||
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Minimum occurrences | 0 | ||||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||||
Reason required |
This field is a requirement of the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) following the introduction of the new Welsh Baccalaureate qualification programme in September 2003. The Welsh Assembly Government has set the target that 25% of students in Wales will be following the Welsh Baccalaureate by 2010. Monitoring and analysis of the numbers of students entering HE with the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma. | ||||||
Notes |
Optional for Welsh domiciled students at institutions in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma is comprised of two parts: Core and Options. Core consisting of four components, i.e. Key Skills, Wales, Europe and the World, Work-related Education and Personal and Social Education. Options courses/programmes currently offered, e.g. GCSE, VGCSE, AS/A levels, VCE (Vocational A levels), GNVQ, NVQ, BTEC. Together, the Core and Options make up the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma, a qualification at Level 3 of the National Qualifications Framework. For clarification, any students undertaking a course leading to the Welsh Baccalaureate Intermediate Diploma, a qualification at Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework, should be coded 3 'Student did not undertake the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma course' in this field. | ||||||
Owner | HESA | ||||||
Version | 1.1 | ||||||
Date modified | 2009-03-12 | ||||||
Change management notes | Coverage optional for FE at institutions in Wales | ||||||
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Schema components |
Element: WELBACC
Data type: WELBACCCodeContentType | ||||||
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