Student 2020/21 - British Sign Language user
Student 2020/21Fields required from institutions in All fieldsBritish Sign Language user | return to field list | valid entries |
| Type | field |
| Short name | BSLUSER |
| Description |
This field records where the student is a British Sign Language user |
| Applicable to | Scotland |
| Coverage | All Students at providers in Scotland where EntryProfile.DOMICILE = XF, XG, XH, XI, XK, XL, GG, JE, IM where applicable |
| Valid entries and labels | |
| Notes |
The Scottish Government have defined a British Sign Language user as a deaf and/or deafblind person (someone who receives the language in a tactile form due to sight loss) whose first or preferred language is British Sign Language. Returning 01 in this field indicates the student is a British Sign Language user by the above definition. If the student is not a British Sign Language user, this field should not be returned. 99 is returned where the data is not known by the provider. If this data changes during a student’s Instance, this field should be updated. |
| Quality rules |
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| Reason required | To monitor the number of users of British Sign Language at Scottish providers to aid the Scottish Government's policy regarding improving the experience of BSL users in Scotland. |
| Part of | |
| Field length | 2 |
| Minimum occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum occurrences | 1 |
| Schema components |
Element: BSLUSER
Data type: BSLUSERCodeContentType |
| Owner | Scottish Funding Council (SFC) |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Date modified | 2020-07-30 |
| Change management notes | New field created in order to record the number of BSL users in Higher Education to support the British Sign Language National Plan. |
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