Unistats 2017/18 - Length of courses
Unistats 2017/18Fields required from institutions in All fieldsLength of courses | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | NUMSTAGE |
Description |
This field identifies the length of a full-time course in years. |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All KISCourses where KISMODE = 1 or 3. |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes |
This field should only be returned for full time courses i.e where KISMODE =1 or 3. This field should reflect the length of the course in years. Where KISMODE =3, the number of years for the course when studied full time should be returned. Where courses do not equate to full years, the length should be rounded to the nearest year. For courses where the final year is six months long, the length should be rounded upwards. If any course component is identified as optional, this could mean the student can choose between a sandwich placement or a year abroad, or have the choice as to whether to partake in the option, then this should not be taken into account when coding NUMSTAGE. If any course component is identified as compulsory in any of the KISCourse.FOUNDATION, KISCourse.SANDWICH, or KISCourse.YEARABROAD` (ie, the student has applied for this course and must undertake the component), the information should be taken into account when coding NUMSTAGE. |
Quality rules |
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Part of | |
Field length | 1 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: NUMSTAGE
Data type: NUMSTAGECodeContentType |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.1 |
Change management notes | Further guidance has been added to the Notes section to clarify the length of a course when a component is optional or compulsory i.e sandwich or year abroad. |
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