XDESIG02_1.3.1
Field description | Field abbreviation | Field version | Field length | Field type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Designation marker - instance period level | XDESIG02 | 1.3.1 | 1 | Char |
Valid entries
Dependent fields
- None
Depend upon fields
- LOCATION
- COURSEID
- UKPRN
Additional information
The department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) jointly designate courses offered by higher education providers for the purposes of qualifying for student support.
Details of designated providers and their locations are passed to HESA and stored internally to allow validation to be performed.
For the purposes of course-level designation, a course is uniquely identified by the combination of a UKPRN, COURSEID and a LOCATION, which will be submitted to BIS and HEFCE as part of the designation process. Providers may alternatively be designated on the basis of the UK provider reference number (UKPRN) and LOCATION, if the provider holds designation regardless of their course offering.
The XDESIG02 field assigns a value to each instance period in the record with reference to this information, allowing easy identification of instance periods which are associated with designated courses (either at course or provider level).
A designated course may have multiple approved locations. Providers are required to submit every location associated with the relevant instance period - thus there may be several unique combinations of COURSEID and LOCATION per instance period. An instance period is only considered to be associated with a designated course if all associated locations are designated.
The assigning of a value in this field is done by initially attempting to match on all occurrences of the three fields associated with a designated course, and where this fails, verifying if the designation is held at provider level. Failure to match to this second stage will indicate neither the course nor the provider is designated.
Technical Specification
HEFCE provide a designation file in xml format.
HEFCE FILE STRUCTURE
Each 'Provider' entity contains: | |
UKPRN | Location identifier |
WITH EITHER
'CourseDesignation' entities (1 or more) containing: | ||
COURSEID | Course identifier |
'Location' sub-entities (1 or more) containing: | ||
LOCID | Location identifier | |
DESIGNATIONSTATUS | Designation status |
OR
'LocationDesignation' entities (1 or more) containing: | ||
LOCID | Location identifier | |
DESIGNATIONSTATUS | Designation status |
XDESIG02 DERIVATION USING THE HEFCE FILE
Provider. UKPRN | InstancePeriod. COURSEID | InstancePeriod. LOCATION (up to 10 per Instance Period) | Course. TTCID | Course. COURSEAIM | DESIGNATION STATUS | XDESIG02 |
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Match in HEFCE Designation file on Provider. UKPRN | Match in HEFCE Designation file for the Provider. UKPRN on Provider. CourseDesignation. COURSEID | All values submitted match on CourseDesignation. Location. LOCID in HEFCE Designation file for the Provider. UKRPN and InstancePeriod. COURSEID combination | All associated values are 'Current' | 1 | ||
Otherwise | 3 | |||||
Otherwise | 0 | |||||
Otherwise | All values submitted match on LocationDesignation. Location. LOCID in HEFCE Designation file for the Provider. UKRPN | 1, 9, D, F, Q | 0 | |||
Otherwise | (M00, M01, M02, M10, M11 or M16) and all associated locations have LocationDesignation. Location. LOCLOANTYPE containing 'PG' | All associated values are 'Current' | 2 | |||
Otherwise | 4 | |||||
Not (M00, M01, M02, M10, M11 or M16) and all associated locations have LocationDesignation. Location. LOCLOANTYPE containing 'UG' | All associated values are 'Current' | 2 | ||||
Otherwise | 4 | |||||
Otherwise | 0 | |||||
Otherwise | 0 |
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