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Alternative provider student 2016/17 - InstanceInstance

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Alternative provider student 2016/17

Fields required from institutions in Scotland

Instance


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Typeentity
Short nameInstance
Description

This records a coherent engagement with the provider aiming towards the award of a qualification(s) or credit.

Applicable toEngland Scotland
Coverage

All students.

Notes

A student undertakes a course; the course being a combination of subject and qualification that define what the student is aiming for e.g. BSc degree in English Literature. A student on a course is referred to as an instance. Since it is possible for a student to undertake more than one course during the reporting year, there may be more than one instance for a student in a provider's return.

Quality rules
Quality rules to follow
Reason required

The instance is the central concept in the specification of the HESA AP student record, and describes the attributes of the interaction between the student and course in pursuit of a qualification or credit.

Part of
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrencesunbounded
Schema components
Element: Instance
Has parts
OwnerHESA
Version1.0

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