Student record 2015/16 - Disabled Student Allowance
Student record 2015/16Fields common to all countriesDisabled Student Allowance | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | DISALL |
Description |
This field identifies whether the student with a disability is in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) or not. |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All Instances where Student.DISABLE is between 02 and 96 inclusive and where Instance.REDUCEDI = 00 unless provider in Wales and Course.COURSEAIM begins with P, Q, R, S or X. |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
This field relates solely to Disabled Students' Allowances funded by the Student Loans Company (SLC) or Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS). If Student.DISABLE is coded 02-96 indicating that the student has a disability, then this field should be coded 4, 5 or 9. Code 9 should be used for all cases where it is known that the student has a disability, but it is not known whether or not they are in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowance. Providers are expected to collect this information from students annually. |
Quality rules |
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Reason required |
To permit disability-based analysis; for monitoring levels and trends in participation by particular groups of people; to monitor take-up of Disabled Students' Allowance as Disabled Students' Allowance is now not means tested; to support the allocation for disability premium by HEFCW; to permit analysis based on type of disability. |
Part of | |
Field length | 1 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: DISALL
Data type: DISALLCodeContentType |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.1 |
Date modified | 2016-01-28 |
Change management notes | Guidance in the Notes section updated to specify that this field relates solely to DSA funded by either the Student Loans Company (SLC) or Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS). |
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