Initial Teacher Training 2016/17 - Date of birth
Initial Teacher Training 2016/17Fields required from institutions in EnglandDate of birth | return to field list |
Type | field |
Short name | BIRTHDTE |
Description |
This field records the date of birth of the student. |
Applicable to | England |
Coverage | All students. |
Notes |
This field is identical to the Student.BIRTHDTE field in the Student Record, with the additional restriction in this record that BIRTHDTE cannot be null. All date fields in this collection must be completed using the ISO8601 format of YYYY-MM-DD. The specification of this field falls within the scope of the Aligned Data Definitions and follows the Data Standards in the HESA record. This information is available from UCAS and UCAS Teacher Training (UTT). Information relating to age is asked in order to monitor equality, diversity and inclusion in the higher education sector and support institutions in meeting their obligations under the Equality Act 2010. |
Quality rules |
Quality rules to follow
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Reason required |
The date of birth is required for record linkage |
Part of | |
Field length | 10 |
Minimum occurrences | 1 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: BIRTHDTE |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.1 |
Date modified | 2017-05-09 |
Change management notes | Guidance added to detail the purpose for this field being collected. |
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