Institution profile record 2013/14 - UK Provider Reference Number
Institution profile record 2013/14Fields required from institutions in EnglandUK Provider Reference Number | return to field list |
Type | field |
Short name | UKPRN |
Description |
This field records the UK Provider Reference Number, which is the unique identifier allocated to institutions by the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP). |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All institutions. |
Notes |
In the long-term it is anticipated that the UKPRN will replace the plethora of institution identifiers used by different organisations in the education sector. |
Quality rules |
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Reason required |
To identify the source of a record; used by HESA and all Statutory Customers to identify institutions. |
Part of | |
Field length | 8 |
Minimum occurrences | 1 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: UKPRN
Data type: UKPRNType |
Owner | UK Register of Learning Providers |
Version | 1.0 |
Change management notes | With the move of the collection to XML format, this field has been inserted to collect the record identifier. This information was previously derived automatically in the web form collection in 2012/13. |
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