This field is used to indicate for what reason the student left the student instance detailed in this return.

All students where Student.ENDDATE is completed

Leaving information for Student.RSNEND and Student.ENDDATE must be submitted where a student has left the institution before the TDA census date of 2nd Wednesday in October. Leaving information will indicate that the student must be excluded from the TDA census. It is also recommended that HEIs send leaving information for students who leave the HEI between the 2nd Wednesday in October and the close of the TDA census on the 4th Wednesday in October.

This field is identical to the Instance.RSNEND field in the Student record.

Institutions should only complete this field where they are completing a student instance.

If a student gains a qualification after completing a course, but not the qualification they were aiming for, then they should be coded 01 'Successful completion of course'.

Code 02 'Academic failure/left in bad standing/not permitted to progress' is considered to be different from simply dropping out, code 07, which may be more closely related to personal reasons. Code 02 is intended to be for a fail at any stage. It is the code to be used for those students who fail assessment at, for example, the end of the first or second year of a three-year course and therefore leave the course, as well as for those students who have unsuccessfully completed their qualification aim.

Code 08 'Written off after lapse of time': it is at the institutions discretion whether to write-off an inactive student after a period of time.

Code 09 'Exclusion' is the breaking of institutional rules, either behavioural or financial.

Code 98 'Completion of course - result unknown' implies that there will be further returns for the student - through a dormant record for example - to report results and reason for leaving.

In onwards analysis Statutory Customers and HESA may group codes 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 and 11 into a single category of 'Other'.

An entry in this field means that an entry in Student.ENDDATE will also be expected.

To monitor transfer/progression/completion.