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XSTULOCN_1.1.1

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Field description Field abbreviation Field version Field length Field type
Location of study (basic level) XSTULOCN 1.1.1 2 Char

Valid entries

Code Label
01 England
02 Scotland
03 Wales
04 Northern Ireland
05 Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man
06 UK region unknown
07 Other European Union
08 Non-European Union
09 Overseas region unknown
99 Not known

Dependent fields

  • XMLOCN

Depend upon fields

  • XSTULOCGR

Additional information

Valid entry 05 (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man) is derived from Graduate.HOMECOUNTRY entries GG (Guernsey), JE (Jersey), IM (Isle of Man) and XL (Channel Islands not otherwise specified). The smaller Channel Islands of Alderney and Sark are included under the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Officially, the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK or the EU. However, for HESA analysis purposes they are often grouped with and generally assumed to be part of the United Kingdom.

The definition of the European Union is as at 1 December in the academic year to which the data relates.

Valid entry 06 (UK region unknown) and 09 (Overseas region unknown) may be used when the graduate is known to have location of study in the UK or overseas respectively, but the particular region is unknown. Valid entry 99 (Not known) is to be used where the location of study of the graduate cannot be determined from the information returned and those for whom location information was not provided.

Technical Specification

XSTULOCGR(CHAR 4) XSTULOCN
A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, XF 01
XH 02
XI 03
XG 04
Z 05
XK 06
GREU 07
GRAF, GRAS, GRAU, GRME, GRNA, GROE, GRSA 08
OS 09
NOTK 99

Revision history

Date Version Notes
2019-10-23 1.1.1 Created

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