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Alternative provider student 2016/17 - Primary provider of teaching

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Alternative provider student 2016/17

Fields required from institutions in England

Primary provider of teaching


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valid entries
Typefield
Short namePRIPROV
Description

This field records the identity of the provider providing the majority of the teaching for a course, where this is not the submitting provider, with a UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN) from the UK Register of Learning Providers.

Applicable toEngland Scotland
Coverage

All instances where the primary provider of teaching is not the submitting higher education provider.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
4002Other Non-UK provider
4003Other public body in the UK
4004Other private body in the UK
Notes

This field need not be submitted where the provider delivering all or the majority of the teaching is the one submitting the record.

The identifier for the primary provider of teaching entered in this field must be obtained from the UK Register of Learning Providers.

Submitted UKPRNs will be verified against a valid list obtained from the UKRLP.

If an appropriate UKPRN is not available, providers are able to use the generic codes:

Generic codes:

  • 4002 Other Non-UK provider
  • 4003 Other public body in the UK
  • 4004 Other private body in the UK

Code 4002 should be used for any body (educational or other) based outside the UK.

If the provider is providing teaching at the workplace then no entry is required in this field. Where the provider is buying in teaching from another body, which could be the student's employer, these cases will be identified by the codes 4003 and 4004.

This field need not be submitted where the provider delivering all or the majority of the teaching is the one submitting the record.

Quality rules
Quality rules to follow
Reason required

Used to identify providers who have a majority of the teaching of a an instance period contracted out to another provider.

Part of
Field length8
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: PRIPROV
Data type: PRIPROVType
OwnerHESA
Version1.0

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