AP student record 2014/15 - Sex identifier
AP student record 2014/15Fields required from institutions in EnglandSex identifier | return to field list | valid entries |
| Type | field |
| Short name | SEXID |
| Description |
This field records the sex of the student. |
| Applicable to | England |
| Coverage | Compulsory for all students on designated courses or where designation is held at provider level. Optional for all students submitted for UNISTATS. |
| 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 |
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
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| Reason required |
To monitor equal opportunities issues in higher education. |
| Part of | |
| Field length | 1 |
| Minimum occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum occurrences | 1 |
| Schema components |
Element: SEXID
Data type: SEXIDCodeContentType |
| Owner | Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Date modified | 2014-10-30 |
| Change management notes | Coverage statement rephrased to include providers who hold blanket designation, rather than course-specific designation. |
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