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HESA Student record 2012/13

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File structures for downloadable files

Version 1.0 Produced 2013-04-30

File Structure - DLHE target population (POPDLHE)

Files are produced in XML and fixed length format.

Derived fields, prefixed with an X, are standard ways of grouping data. View details of the derived field specifications.

Field name Description Element name in XML output Field length
Student.HUSID HESA unique student identifier HUSID 13
Student.SURNAME Family name SURNAME 100
Student.FNAMES Forenames FNAMES 100
Student.OWNSTU Institution's own identifier for student OWNSTU 20
Course.CTITLE Course title CTITLE 255
Course.COURSEID Course identifier COURSEID 30
Qualification mode of study 1=Full-time, 2=Part-time XQMODE01 1
QualificationsAwarded.QUAL Qualification awarded QUAL1 3
QualificationsAwarded.QUAL Qualification awarded 1 QUAL2 3
DLHE Highest qualification obtained The highest entry where more than one occurrence is returned of QualificationsAwarded.QUAL XOBTND01 3
Level of qualification DLHE - 3 way split Level of qualification in DLHE - 3 way split XDLEV301 1
Home/Other EU/Other Overseas flag 3 1=Home, 2=Other EU, 3 = Other Overseas HOMEEUOS 1
Course.TTCID Teacher training course TTCID 1
Instance.RCSTDNT Research Council student RCSTDNT 2
Instance.NUMHUS Student Instance identifier NUMHUS 20
CENSUS Census (APR / JAN) CENSUS 3
Instance.OWNINST Institution's own instance identifier OWNINST 30
Dormant flag Identifies whether the student left the instance from a dormant MODE. Dormant = 1, Not dormant = 0 DORMANT 1
Level of qualification in DLHE - 5 way split Level of qualification in DLHE - 5 way split XDLEV501 1
JACS Level 1 Analytical protocol JACS - level 1 grouping XJACSLEV101_1 1
JACS Level 1 Analytical protocol JACS - level 1 grouping XJACSLEV101_22 1
JACS Level 1 Analytical protocol JACS - level 1 grouping XJACSLEV101_32 1
JACS Level 2 Analytical protocol JACS - level 2 grouping XJACSLEV201_1 2
JACS Level 2 Analytical protocol JACS - level 2 grouping XJACSLEV201_22 2
JACS Level 2 Analytical protocol JACS - level 2 grouping XJACSLEV201_32 2
JACS Level 3 Analytical protocol JACS - level 3 grouping XJACSLEV301_1 3
JACS Level 3 Analytical protocol JACS - level 3 grouping XJACSLEV301_22 3
JACS Level 3 Analytical protocol JACS - level 3 grouping XJACSLEV301_32 3

1If only one qualification exists the second qualification field will be blank

2These fields will only be populated where the course subject links to multiple JACS level subjects.

3The HOMEEUOS flag is derived from XDOMHM01; where Home (1) = 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in XDOMHM01, EU (2) = 6 in XDOMHM01 and Overseas (3) = 7 in XDOMHM01.

Download: XML Schema for DLHE target population (POPDLHE) file. Sample XML for DLHE target population (POPDLHE) file.

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