Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2013/14 - Type of qualification - Q23
Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2013/14All fieldsType of qualification - Q23 | 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 | Q23. 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 |
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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 |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.0 |
Date modified | 2014-02-18 |
Change management notes | The labels for valid entries 02, 04 and 06 have changed to 'Higher degree, mainly by taught course (e.g. MA, MSc, MBA)', 'First degree (e.g. BA, BSc, MBChB, MEng)' and 'Professional qualification (e.g. ACA, Charted Institute of Marketing)' to accommodate changes to the examples. The question has been renumbered following the removal of Study.COURSENO in line with the 'Changes to the questionnaire' document. |
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