ACT_CDE1 - Q1 Retired
ACT_CDE10 - Q1 Code 10
ACT_CDE11 - Q1 Code 11
ACT_CDE12 - Q1 Code 12
ACT_CDE2 - Q1 Housewife/homemaker/carer
ACT_CDE3 - Q1 Maternity leave
ACT_CDE4 - Q1 Sick (short term)
ACT_CDE5 - Q1 Travelling/break/gap year/timeout
ACT_CDE6 - Q1 Long-term sick
ACT_CDE7 - Q1 On holiday
ACT_CDE8 - Q1 Code 8
ACT_CDE9 - Q1 Code 9
ACT_DEV - Q1 Developing a professional portfolio or creative practice with a view to starting a business/becoming freelance
ACT_DNK - Q1 Don't know
ACT_EMP - Q1 Employed, whether full-time or part-time (including self-employed, freelance, voluntary work or other unpaid work)
ACT_MAIN - Q2 Main activity on snapshot date
ACT_NANS - Q1 Not answered
ACT_OTH - Q1 Other
ACT_RFSD - Q1 Refused
ACT_STUDY - Q1 Engaged in study, training or registered as a research student
ACT_UNEMP - Q1 Unemployed and looking for work
ACTIVITY - DLHE unemployed/self-employed activity marker from sample
BIRTHDTE - Date of birth from sample
CAREER_SAT - Q42 Given what you have told us so far, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your career to date?
CHEMISTRY - Chemistry subject marker from sample
COMPSCIENCE - Computer science subject marker
COURSEID - Course identifier from sample
CTITLE - Course title from sample
DOMICILE_MARKER - Domicile marker from sample
DSA - Disabled allowance marker from sample
DUP_HUSID - Duplicate husid marker from sample
EMP_ENB_SKILLS - Q44AB Extent that your employer enables you to use the skills you gained during your higher education experience?
EMPCIR - DLHE employment circumstance from sample
ENB_COM - Q44AA_3 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Communicate effectively in your work
ENB_DEC - Q44AA_4 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Make good decisions in your workplace?
ENB_ICT - Q44AA_7 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Make effective use of information and communication technology in your work
ENB_INN - Q44AA_1 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Be innovative in the workplace
ENB_MATHS - Q44AA_8 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Work effectively with numbers
ENB_RESP - Q44AA_6 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Take initiative and personal responsibility in your work
ENB_SOL - Q44AA_2 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Solve problems in your work
ENB_TEAM - Q44AA_5 Extent that higher education experience enabled you to: Work effectively with others
ENGINEER - Engineering subject marker from sample
ETHNIC - Ethnicity from sample
ETHNIC_MARKER - Ethnicity grouped from sample
EUROPEAN - European subject marker from sample
FRACTION - Sampling fraction from sample
GENDER - Gender from sample
HEE - Health Education England leaver marker
HEP1011 - HESA higher education provider identifier as of 2010/11 HESA DLHE record (C10018)
HEPLOCATION - Higher Education provider location
HOW_EMP - Q6 And were you?
HOW_FND_JOB - Q19 How did you first find out about this job?
HOW_STDY - Q22 Were you studying full-time or part-time?
HUSID - Respondent ID
IMPO_GRDE - Q16_3 Importance of...The class or grade of the qualification you obtained
IMPO_JOB - Q16_2 Importance of...The type of qualification you obtained (e.g. BA, MSc, PhD, etc)
IMPO_QUAL - Q17_1 Importance of...Any qualifications obtained after the one you got in 2010/2011
IMPO_SKLS - Q16_4 Importance of...Evidence of skills and competencies
IMPO_SUB - Q16_1 Importance of... The subject you studied
IMPO_WKEXP - Q17_2 Importance of...Relevant work experience from previous employment
IMPO_WKEXP_QUAL - Q16_5Importance of...Any work experience or work placement that was part of the qualification you obtained in 2010/11
INSTANCEKEY - Unique ID from sample
JOB_STRT_DTE - Combined date
JOB_STRT_MNTH - Q5_1 When did you start the job you had on snapshot date? (Month)
JOB_STRT_YR - Q5_2 When did you start the job you had on snapshot date? (Year)
JOBS_CHC - Q20_4 Work related activity: It is my choice to do different jobs – I like the variety
JOBS_DEV - Q20_3 Work related activity: One of my work roles or activities is allowing me to develop the skills and/or contacts necessary to move into the type of work I really want
JOBS_FREE - Q20_5 Work related activity: My preferred work is on a freelance basis so I need other paid work as well
JOBS_FTEQIV - Q20_2 Work related activity: Combining two or more jobs is the only way to get full-time equivalent work in my preferred type of employment
JOBS_GRTR1_O - Q31 Apart from the job that you have already told us about, have you had any other jobs between graduating and snapshot date?
JOBS_GRTR1_S - Q3 Were you working in more than one job or occupation on snapshot date?
JOBS_NOFT - Q20_1 Work related activity: I am unable to secure any full-time position
JOBS_NUM_O - Q32 How many other jobs have you had between graduating and snapshot date?
JOBS_NUM_S - Q4 How many jobs did you have on the snapshot date?
JOBS_PRS - Q20_6 Work related activity: It gives me time to maintain a balance between work and my personal or family commitments
JOBS_SUP - Q20_7 Work related activity: To supplement income
KEY - Key number
LK_COM_DIF - Q41_4 Likelihood of deciding to do something different?
LK_DIF_INST - Q41_2 Likelihood of studying at a different institution?
LK_DIF_QUAL - Q41_3 Likelihood of working towards a different type of qualification?
LK_DIF_SUB - Q41_1 Likelihood of doing a different subject?
MATHS - Maths subject marker from sample
METHOD - DLHE method of data collection from sample
NONEUROPEAN - Non-European subject marker from sample
NUMHUS - Student instance identifier from sample
OUG_MARKER - Other Undergraduate degree marker
OWNSTU - Institution's student identifier from sample
PB_CNT - Q56 Whether happy for contact details to be passed back to HEI
PB_FUT - Q57A Whether happy for the answers you have provided to this survey to be linked to the information you provided to Futuretrack and for the combined anonymised data to be used for analysis by both the Futuretrack project and users of the data from this survey
PB_INF - Q57 Whether happy for information to be passed back to HEI along with name
PB_PART - Q58_Whether happy for contact details to be passed on to survey partners or organisations working on their behalf
PB_RSP_AND_CNT - Q55 Whether happy for responses and contact details to be passed back to the Research Councils
PHYSICS - Physics subject marker from sample
POLAR - POLAR3 quintile 1 or 2 marker
PUBCAT - HESA Publication Categories Definition
QUALS_CPREP - Q44A How well did this higher education experience prepare you for or help you progress your career aspirations?
QUALS_EXP - Q43 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement about your overall experience of the course you completed in year of graduation: “My course was good value for money”?
QUALS_FND_MAIN - Q40 And how did you MAINLY fund your studies for this qualification?
QUALS_HLEV - Q38 What was the highest level of qualification you obtained between graduating from your course and snapshot date?
QUALS_JACS_2_0 - Q39 Subject area of qualification (JACS)
QUALS_NUM - Q37 How many other separate qualifications did you obtain?
QUALS_NUM_GRTR3 - Q37 How many other separate qualifications did you obtain?
QUALS_OBT - Q36 Did you obtain any qualifications between the time you completed your course at in year of graduation and snapshot date?
QUALS_SEPREP - Q44B How well did this higher education experience prepare you for being self employed or setting up your own business?
RCH_ACR - Q46 I wanted an academic career
RCH_DNK - Q46 Don’t know
RCH_ENB_CORG - Q54_3 Change organisational culture and/or working practices
RCH_ENB_CRED - Q54_6 Enhance your credibility or standing in the workplace
RCH_ENB_DIFF - Q54_2 Make a difference in the workplace
RCH_ENB_INF - Q54_4 Influence the work of others in the workplace
RCH_ENB_INN - Q54_1 Be innovative in the workplace
RCH_ENB_JOP - Q54_5 Access immediate or short-term job opportunities in your chosen career
RCH_ENB_LTC - Q54_7 Progress towards your long term career aspirations
RCH_ENB_OTH - Q54_10 Other
RCH_ENB_QLF - Q54_9 Enhance the quality of your life generally
RCH_ENB_SOC - Q54_8 Enhance your social and intellectual capabilities beyond employment
RCH_ENC - Q46 I was encouraged to do so by previous tutors/lecturers
RCH_ESS - Q46 It was essential to get into the area of employment I want(ed) to work in
RCH_FE_FND_AHRC - Q49 Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
RCH_FE_FND_BBSRC - Q49 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
RCH_FE_FND_CHRTY - Q49 UK Educational/Scientific charity (including The Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation or Other UK Educational/Scientific charity)
RCH_FE_FND_DNK - Q49 Don't know
RCH_FE_FND_EMP - Q49 Support from my employer or an industry body
RCH_FE_FND_EPSRC - Q49 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
RCH_FE_FND_ESRC - Q49 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
RCH_FE_FND_EU_EF - Q49 EU/EC funded
RCH_FE_FND_INST - Q49 The institution where I studied
RCH_FE_FND_MAIN - Q48 Firstly, could you tell me the main source of funding for your fees?
RCH_FE_FND_MRC - Q49 Medical Research Council (MRC)
RCH_FE_FND_NANS - Q49 Not answered
RCH_FE_FND_NERC - Q49 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
RCH_FE_FND_NONE - Q49 No other sources of funding
RCH_FE_FND_OTH - Q49 Other
RCH_FE_FND_RFSD - Q49 Refused
RCH_FE_FND_SCH - Q49 Other competitively-awarded scholarship or award (Please specify)
RCH_FE_FND_SFC - Q49 Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
RCH_FNDING - Q47 Did you receive any funding towards these research studies in terms of fees or maintenance, or were you self-funded?
RCH_FNDS - Q46 I was awarded a funded studentship
RCH_HO_DAT - Q53_2 How often did you Interpret or critically evaluate research findings in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_DNW - Q53_3 How often did you Draw on the detailed knowledge on which your research degree was based in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_GNW - Q53_4 How often did you Use your general disciplinary knowledge in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_GSKL - Q53_6 How often did you Use the generic skills you developed as a research student in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_RCH - Q53_1 How often did you conduct research in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_RESP - Q53_10 How often did you have responsibility for supervising the work of others in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_RSKL - Q53_5 How often did you Use the research skills you developed as a research student in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_SUP - Q53_9 How often did you Work under close supervision in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_TEAM - Q53_8 How often did you Work as part of a team in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_HO_WRKA - Q53_7 How often did you Work autonomously in the job you were doing on the snapshot date
RCH_IMP - Q46 I thought it would improve my career prospects more broadly
RCH_MAIN - Q45 Thinking about the research degree you took, what was the main reason you decided to undertake it?
RCH_MNT_FND_AHRC - Q51 Art & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
RCH_MNT_FND_BBSRC - Q51 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
RCH_MNT_FND_CHRTY - Q51 UK Educational/Scientific charity (including The Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation or Other UK Educational/Scientific charity)
RCH_MNT_FND_DNK - Q51 Don't know
RCH_MNT_FND_EMP - Q51 Support from my employer or an industry body
RCH_MNT_FND_EPSRC - Q51 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
RCH_MNT_FND_ESRC - Q51 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
RCH_MNT_FND_EU_EF - Q51 EU/EC funded
RCH_MNT_FND_INST - Q51 The institution where I studied
RCH_MNT_FND_MAIN - Q50 What was the main source of funding for your maintenance?
RCH_MNT_FND_MRC - Q51 Medical Research Council (MRC)
RCH_MNT_FND_NANS - Q51 Not answered
RCH_MNT_FND_NERC - Q51 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
RCH_MNT_FND_NONE - Q51 No other sources of funding
RCH_MNT_FND_OTH - Q51 Other
RCH_MNT_FND_RFSD - Q51 Refused
RCH_MNT_FND_SCH - Q51 Other competitively-awarded scholarship or award (Please specify)
RCH_MNT_FND_STFC - Q51 Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
RCH_NANS - Q46 Not answered
RCH_OTH - Q46 Other
RCH_PST - Q46 I wanted to go on being a student/I wanted to postpone job hunting
RCH_RCH - Q46 I was interested in research
RCH_REQ - Q46 I was encouraged or required to do so by my employer at the time
RCH_REQ_CDIF - Q52_3 Collaborating with others in different disciplines
RCH_REQ_COTH - Q52_5 Collaborating with others outside the higher education research community
RCH_REQ_CSME - Q52_2 Collaborating with others in the same broad discipline or subject area as yours
RCH_REQ_MOB - Q52_7 Periods of international mobility)
RCH_REQ_OWN - Q52_1 Working on your own
RCH_REQ_SKL - Q52_4 Development of knowledge and skills that cross other disciplines or subject areas as well as your own
RCH_REQ_WRK - Q52_6 Work placements or internships
RCH_RFSD - Q46 Refused
RCH_SUB - Q46 I was interested in the subject
RESEARCH - Research sample
RESEARCH - Research student marker from sample
RESPONDENT_SERIAL - Serial number
SAMPLE - Whether sample A or B from sample
SBJ1 - Subject 1 of qualification aim from sample
SBJ2 - Subject 2 of qualification aim from sample
SBJ3 - Subject 3 of qualification aim from sample
SBJBID - Subject proportion indicator from sample
SOURCE - Source of data
SPECIAL_HEP - Specialist HEP marker
STDY_FND_DNK - Q29 Don't know
STDY_FND_HRS - Q29 More flexible or reduced working hours to accommodate study
STDY_FND_MAIN - Q28 MAIN source of funding for this course of study, training or research
STDY_FND_MAT - Q29 Provision of materials to help with study
STDY_FND_MNT - Q29 Mentoring
STDY_FND_NA - Q29 None of the above
STDY_FND_NANS - Q29 Not answered
STDY_FND_OTH - Q29 Other
STDY_FND_OTH01 - Q29 Financial contribution towards tuition fees
STDY_FND_OTH02 - Q29 Financial contribution towards travel costs
STDY_FND_OTH03 - Q29 Financial contribution towards accommodation
STDY_FND_OTH04 - Q29 Other 4
STDY_FND_OTH05 - Q29 Other 5
STDY_FND_OTH06 - Q29 Other 6
STDY_FND_OTH07 - Q29 Other 7
STDY_FND_OTH08 - Q29 Other 8
STDY_FND_OTH09 - Q29 Other 9
STDY_FND_OTH10 - Q29 Other 10
STDY_FND_OTH11 - Q29 Other 11
STDY_FND_OTH12 - Q29 Other 12
STDY_FND_OTH13 - Q29 Other 13
STDY_FND_OTH14 - Q29 Other 14
STDY_FND_OTH15 - Q29 Other 15
STDY_FND_RFSD - Q29 Refused
STDY_FND_SL - Q29 Paid Study leave
STDY_FND_TRN - Q29 Training related to my course
STDY_JACS_2_0 - Q26 Study subject area (JACS)
STDY_ORG_NME - Q23 What is the name of the institution or organisation at which you were registered?
STDY_ORG_TYP - Q24 Type of organisation
STDY_QUAL_TYP - Q25 Type of qualification
STDY_STRT_DTE - Q21 combined date
STDY_STRT_MNTH - Q21_1 When did you start the course of study, training or research you were engaged in on snapshot date? (month)
STDY_STRT_YR - Q21_2 When did you start the course of study, training or research you were engaged in on snapshot date? (year)
SW - Sandwich student marker from sample
UNEMP_GRTR1MNTH - Q33 Have you ever been unemployed and seeking work for a period lasting one month or more since you graduated?
UNEMP_MNTHS - Q35 How many months would you say these periods of unemployment add up to?
UNEMP_NUM - Q34 How many separate periods of unemployment lasting one month or more have you had?
UNEMP_NUM_GRTR5 - Q34 Write in number of separate periods of unemployment lasting one month or more
WEIGHT - Weight
WRK_BASIS - Q12 Which of the following best describes the basis on which you were employed by on snapshot date?
WRK_CNTRY_ISO - Q9 Where was your place of work?
WRK_DRVD_SAL - Derived salary
WRK_EMPEES - Q13 Approximately how many people work in the entire organisation (including all branches, departments, etc.)?
WRK_GRS_PAY - Q14 What was your approximate annual gross pay, before tax?
WRK_NHS - Q6a Was the organisation you were working for on 24 November 2014 part of the NHS?
WRK_ORG_NME - Q7 What is the name of the organisation you were working for on snapshot date?
WRK_ORG_SIC07 - Q8 What does the organisation mainly do?
WRK_OUTCDE - Q10_1 And what was the first part of the postcode?
WRK_PAY_CUR - Q14 Currency
WRK_PAY_PERIOD - Q14 Period
WRK_SAL_VRFD - Derived salary verified
WRK_SOC_2010 - Q11/Q11a What was your job title? (SOC)
WRK_UK_LOC - Q10_2 Whereabouts in the UK did you work?
WRK_WKLY_HRS - Q15 Typically, how many hours a week were you paid to work in that job?
XACTIV01 - DLHE activity from sample
XCLASS01 - Class of first degree from sample
XDOMGR01 - Region of domicile from sample
XHOOS01 - UK/Non-UK domicile marker from sample
XINSTID01 - HESA higher education provider identifier from sample
XLOCGRA01 - Analytical protocol Location of employment (Region)
XLOCNA01 - Analytical protocol Location of employment (basic level)
XOBTND01 - DLHE highest qualification obtained from sample
XQLEVD01 - Grouped DLHE highest qualification obtained from sample
XQMODE01 - Qualifiers mode of study from sample
XSICDA02 - Analytical protocol Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007) grouping
XSOCDA02 - Analytical protocol Standard Occupational Classification 2010 (SOC2010(DLHE)) major grouping
XSTUDIS01 - Disability from sample
YJOB_BEST - Q18 It was the best job offer I received/only job offer I received
YJOB_DNK - Q18 Don’t know/can’t remember
YJOB_DVLP - Q18 To broaden my experience/to develop general skills
YJOB_ERN - Q18 In order to earn a living
YJOB_EXP - Q18 To gain experience in order to get the type of job I really want
YJOB_FIT - Q18 It fitted into my career plan/it was exactly the type of work I wanted
YJOB_NANS - Q18 Not answered
YJOB_OTH - Q18 Other
YJOB_PAY - Q18 In order to pay off debts
YJOB_PROG - Q18 It was an opportunity to progress in the organisation
YJOB_SEE - Q18 To see if I would like the type of work it involved
YSTDY_DNK - Q30 Don't know
YSTDY_DVLP - Q30 To develop a broader or more specialist range of skills or knowledge
YSTDY_ENJ - Q30 Because I had enjoyed my first course and wanted to continue studying
YSTDY_IMP - Q30 To change or improve my career options
YSTDY_INT - Q30 Because I was interested in the content of the course
YSTDY_NANS - Q30 Not answered
YSTDY_NJ - Q30 I had been unable to find a suitable job
YSTDY_OTH - Q30 Other
YSTDY_PST - Q30 I wanted to go on being a student/I wanted to postpone job hunting
YSTDY_REQ - Q30 Because it was a requirement of my employment on snapshot date that I did