Alternative provider student record 2014/15
File structures for downloadable files - Expected instance population
Version 1.0 Produced 2015-09-02
Expected instance population
The expected instance population download is a list of students for whom a record is expected in the 2015/16 return. The list consists of records that have been returned as 'live' in 2014/15.
This file is available as an XML file or as a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file.
| Field name | Description | Element name in XML output | Field length |
| Student.HUSID | HESA unique student identifier | HUSID | 13 |
| Provider.UKPRN | UK Provider Reference Number | UKPRN | 8 |
| Instance.NUMHUS | Student instance identifier | NUMHUS | 20 |
| NAMECAT (* see below) | Name concatenation | NAMECAT | 102 |
| Student.OWNSTU | Provider's own identifier for student | OWNSTU | 20 |
| StudentEquality.ETHNIC | Ethnicity | ETHNIC | 2 |
| StudentEquality.SEXID | Sex identifier | SEXID | 1 |
| Course.COURSEID | Course identifier | COURSEID | 30 |
| Course.CTITLE | Course title | CTITLE | 255 |
| Course.OWNCOURSEID | Own course identifier | OWNCOURSEID | 50 |
| Course.COURSEAIM | General qualification aim of course | COURSEAIM | 3 |
| Course.TTCID | Teacher training course | TTCID | 1 |
| EntryProfile.QUALENT3 | Highest qualification on entry | QUALENT3 | 3 |
| EntryProfile.POSTCODE | Postcode | POSTCODE | 8 |
| EntryProfile.DOMICILE | Domicile | DOMICILE | 2 |
| Instance.OWNINST | Provider's own identifier for instance | OWNINST | 30 |
| Instance.COMDATE | Start date of instance | COMDATE | 10 |
| UHN_STATUS (* see below) | Continuity register status | STATUS | 2 |
| YEAR (* see below) | The year this record was last active | YEAR | 4 |
* Fields which do not appear in the coding manual
- NAMECAT - "Student.SURNAME (up to 100 characters) + ','+Student.FNAMES (first character)"
- UHN_STATUS - The AP Student Continuity processing field XREG01 used to monitor which instances are live, dormant and not active.
- YEAR - The year this record was last active.
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