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Student Alternative 2018/19 - Location of study

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Student Alternative 2018/19

Fields required from institutions in England

Location of study


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valid entries
Typefield
Short nameLOCSDY
Description

This field describes the location at which the student is studying.

Applicable toEngland Scotland
Coverage

All instances.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
6Distance learning - UK based student
9Distance learning - Non-UK based student (funded)
DOn industrial (or other) placement for the year as a whole
EOn industrial (or other) placement for a proportion of the year
SStudying abroad and included in the Student record as student has spent or will spend more than 8 weeks in the UK
TAbroad for the whole year
UAbroad for a proportion of the year
ZAt provider or a partner for the whole year
Notes

The coding of this field should relate to the FTE reported in field InstancePeriod.STULOAD.

Codes D 'On industrial (or other) placement for the year as a whole' and E 'On industrial (or other) placement for a proportion of the year' should be returned for instances in the UK only.

Code E 'On industrial (or other) placement for a proportion of the year' should be used where the student undertakes a full-time placement lasting for at least 10 weeks in the UK. Where a student undertakes a placement on a part-time basis this should only be included if, when summed, it is equivalent to 10 weeks full-time work.

Students undertaking a placement in the UK as part of a sandwich course, whether industrial or other, should be returned with D or E as appropriate. Students undertaking a placement abroad should be returned with T 'Abroad for the whole year' or U 'Abroad for a proportion of the year' as appropriate.

Code U 'Abroad for a proportion of the year' should be returned when the student has been abroad for 4 weeks or more in total.

Codes T and U are intended for students who are primarily studying in the UK, but spend some time abroad, i.e. outgoing students. Code S is intended for students who are primarily studying outside of the UK, i.e. incoming students, and codes T and U should not be used for these students when they return abroad.

If the student is studying on a 4 year course and there is a 50:50 split where the student studies, i.e for 2 years abroad and 2 years at the provider (as per the example below) then the following should be coded:

  • Year 1 - Code T
  • Year 2 - Code T
  • Year 3 - Code Z
  • Year 4 - Code Z

Code S should only be used for years of the course where the whole course is mainly studied abroad.

Quality rules
Quality rules relating to this entity are displayed here.
Reason required To track student migration, placements, etc., and to support population definitions. Used to monitor the prevalence of distance learning, industrial and overseas placements.
Part of
Field length1
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: LOCSDY
Related fields
OwnerHESA
Version1.0

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