HESA Student Record 2012/13 - Sex identifier
HESA Student Record 2012/13All fieldsSex identifier | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | SEXID |
Description |
This field records the sex of the student. |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All students |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) has a number of resources relating to gathering information across the protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010. These resources can be found at Equality Challenge Unit. If you have any further queries regarding equality monitoring, please email ECU at [email protected] ECU's guidance on Monitoring sex and genderThe use of 'other' is more appropriate for people who associate with the terms intersex, androgyne, intergender, ambigender, gender fluid, polygender and gender queer. HESA will not be including a 'prefer not to say' option. |
Quality rules |
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Reason required |
To monitor equal opportunities issues in the higher education sector and support higher education institutions (HEIs) in meeting their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 |
Part of | |
Field length | 1 |
Minimum occurrences | 1 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: SEXID
Data type: SEXIDCodeContentType |
Owner | Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) |
Version | 1.0 |
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