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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education 2016/17 - Status of data collection

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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education 2016/17

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Status of data collection


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Typefield
Short nameSTATUS
Description

This data item describes the status of the response.

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All HE leavers.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
01Standard questionnaire
02Telephone survey: HE leaver
03Telephone survey: third party
04Electronic reply (email/web)
05HEP's student record
06HEP third party
07Deceased
08Reply received explicitly refusing to provide information
Notes

Please note that Student.STATUS = 05 'HEP's student record' and Student.STATUS = 06 'HEP third party' should only be used if attempts to contact the leaver have failed (or attempts to speak with a third party if telephoning have also failed).

It is important that the respondent, be it the leaver themselves, a third party or the higher education provider's (HEP's) own record, is able to answer all of the survey questions with respect to the leaver's activity in both study and employment on the census date. Further details on the use of other informed sources can be viewed in the Instructions for undertaking DLHE document.

Where a response is gained through a third party or other informed source, including the HEP's own student record, the leaver must be excluded from the longitudinal follow-up.

Code 07 'Deceased' should be used when the HEP is informed that the HE leaver has died.

Code 08 'Reply received explicitly refusing to provide information' should be used only when the HEP has received explicit indication (verbally or in writing) from the leaver that they are not prepared to provide information for the survey or where a student completes the questionnaire with data that is obviously false and incorrect.

Required for valid responseYes
To be asked of third partyNot applicable
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Part of
Field length2
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: STATUS
OwnerHESA
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