Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2011/12 - Type of qualification - Q24
Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2011/12All fieldsType of qualification - Q24 | return to field list | valid entries |
| Type | field |
| Short name | TYPEQUAL |
| Description | This field describes the type of qualification that the HE leaver was aiming for on the census date. |
| Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
| Coverage | All HE leavers where Student.ALLACT is coded 5 or 6. |
| Question | Q24. Which of the following best describes the type of qualification you were aiming for? |
| Valid entries and labels | |
| Notes | Only one box ticked by the HE leaver can be coded. Should the HE leaver tick more than one box, code the one nearest the top of the list as ordered in the valid entries. Please note the valid entry order is different to that used in the questionnaire, but is consistent with previous codes for the TYPEQUAL field. The information captured relates to what the HE leaver considers to be their MAIN study. A response to the question is expected if the following codes were used for Q1 (Student.ALLACT): 5 'Engaged in full-time further study, training or research' or 6 'Engaged in part-time further study, training or research'. |
| Required for valid response | No |
| To be asked of third party | Yes |
| Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
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| Reason required | To monitor the types of further qualifications HE leavers aim for next. |
| Part of | |
| Field length | 2 |
| Minimum occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum occurrences | 1 |
| Schema components |
Element: TYPEQUAL
Data type: TYPEQUALCodeContentType |
| Based on | C10018 TYPEQUAL |
| Owner | HESA |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Date modified | 2013-02-28 |
| Change management notes | Guidance amended to clarify when a response to Study.TYPEQUAL is expected. |
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