HESA Student Record 2012/13 - Classification
HESA Student Record 2012/13Fields required from institutions in Northern IrelandClassification | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | CLASS |
Description |
This field is used to indicate the qualification class that the student obtained. |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | Compulsory for all qualifications awarded records where (QualificationsAwarded.QUAL = M22, M26, H00, H11, H16, H18, H22, H23, H24, H50, I00, I11, I16). Also compulsory for those students who have achieved a relevant FE qualification (i.e. where a grade is meaningful) at institutions in England and Wales, that is with QUAL codes beginning, P, Q, R, S and X |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
Only codes 01-11 should be used for students who have achieved an undergraduate degree qualification. Enhanced degrees should be coded 07 'Unclassified honours', if not classified. HESA aggregates codes 07, 08, 10 and 11 as "unclassified". Medical degrees which are not honours programmes should be coded 10 or 11. Codes 12-14 are only available for students who have achieved an integrated taught masters degree. Institutions may return these students using codes 01-11 if these are more meaningful. Codes 51-90 are the codes to be used for FE level students at institutions in England and Wales. A grade should be returned for all qualifications where the grade is meaningful. Other codes should not be used for FE level students. |
Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
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Reason required |
To monitor achievement. |
Part of | |
Field length | 2 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: CLASS
Data type: CLASSCodeContentType |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.1 |
Date modified | 2013-04-30 |
Change management notes | Business rule 3 updated to remove course aims I00, I11 and I16 as it was conflicting with business rule 5. |
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