Alternative provider student record 2015/16 - Disability
Alternative provider student record 2015/16Fields required from institutions in EnglandDisability | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | DISABLE |
Description |
This field records the type of disability that a student has, on the basis of the student's own self-assessment. |
Applicable to | England |
Coverage | Compulsory for all students on designated courses or where designation is held at provider level. Not permitted for students on non-designated courses. |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
With the introduction of the Disability Equality Duty, and on the recommendation of the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), HESA has introduced a version of the coding frame introduced by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). This information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction. Disability is recorded on the basis of the student's own self-assessment. Only serious visual impairments are covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). For example, a person whose eyesight can be corrected through the use of prescription lenses is not covered by the DDA; neither is a simple inability to distinguish between red and green. The same logic does not apply to hearing aids. If someone needs to wear a hearing aid, then they are likely to be covered by the DDA. However, both hearing and visual impairments have to have a substantial adverse effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities in order for a person to be covered by the DDA. For more information see the Secretary of State's Revised Guidance on the definition of disability. If this field is coded 08-96 indicating that the student has a disability, then InstancePeriod.DISALL should be coded 4, 5 or 9. |
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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 permit analysis based on type of disability. |
Part of | |
Field length | 2 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: DISABLE
Data type: DISABLECodeContentType |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.1 |
Date modified | 2016-08-04 |
Change management notes | A sentence in the Notes section which referred to code 53 as a cognitive impairment has been removed. |
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