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Student 2021/22 - Net fee

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Student 2021/22

Fields required from institutions in All fields

Net fee


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Typefield
Short nameNETFEE
Description

This field will capture the net fee charged, that is after any financial support from the provider such as waivers are taken into account.

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

Providers in England

All instances where Instance.INITIATIVES = K does not exist (Instance.FEEELIG = 1 or 3) and (Instance.EXCHANGE = N, Y, Z or null) and (Instance.MODE = 01, 02, 23, 24, 25, 31, 73 or 74 or is 43 or 44 where Instance.MCDATE is in the current reporting year) and (Course.TTCID does not equal Q) and (Instance.REDUCEDI = 00 or 01) and (Course.COURSEAIM begins E or M excluding M22, M26, M28, M71 and M73).

All instances where Instance.INITIATIVES = K does not exist and (Instance.FEEELIG = 1 or 3) and (Instance.EXCHANGE = N, Y, Z or null) and (Instance.MODE = 01, 02, 23, 24, 25, 31, 43 or 44) and (Course.TTCID does not equal Q) and (Instance.REDUCEDI = 00 or 01) and (Course.COURSEAIM begins with H, I, J or C or is M22, M26, M28, M71 or M73 and Student.SSN does not exist).

Providers in Wales: All instances where Instance.FEEREGIME = 20.

Providers in Scotland: All instances where Instance.FEEREGIME = 20 and Student.SSN does not exist. Optional for instances where Instance.FEEREGIME = 20 and Student.SSN exists.

Providers in Northern Ireland: All instances where Instance.FEEREGIME = 20.

Notes

Providers in England, Northern Ireland, or Wales may optionally return GROSSFEE/NETFEE data in cases where this data is not required under the coverage. For providers in Scotland, the SLC will have this information for students who are paying de-regulated tuition and so this field is optional if the Student Support Number (Student.SSN) is returned.

This field is required to be returned for all students not applying for student finance. This field does not need to be returned for students undertaking an Apprenticeship standard or an apprenticeship framework from 1 May 2017. Where a student commenced an apprenticeship framework before 1 May 2017, Instance.GROSSFEE should be returned as 0.

This field captures the net fee; that is the fee charged after any financial support from the provider such as waivers are taken into account. For example; a student with an Instance.GROSSFEE of £9,000 who has had a fee waiver of £1,000 should be returned as 8000 in this field.

The Instance.NETFEE value returned should be the exact fee, if possible, including VAT. If the exact fee includes a decimal place it must be rounded to the nearest whole number. If the fee is a whole number it must not be rounded any further.

If a student leaves the HEP part the way through the instance year, the annualised amount the student would have been charged should be returned Instance.NETFEE.

Where an extra fee is charged to cover additional administrative expenses incurred for resitting or resubmitting assessments, this should also be captured in Instance.NETFEE.

For non-standard years where it is not known which or how many modules the student will elect to take in HESA year two of the year of instance, HEPs should return the fee based on modules started in the reporting year.

For non-standard years (where Instance.TYPEYR = 2, 3, 4 or 5) the full fee for the year of instance should be returned in the reporting year within which the year of instance commences.

Students who do not have any financial support will have the same value returned in both Instance.GROSSFEE and Instance.NETFEE.

Where Instance.GROSSFEE exists Instance.NETFEE must also exist and be less than or equal to the value of Instance.GROSSFEE.

The National Scholarship Programme or Postgraduate Support Scheme can be implemented as a fee waiver, and where this occurs, it should be deducted when calculating Instance.NETFEE. However, funding from these programmes paid through in-kind contributions, such as accommodation or computers, should not be considered at all in calculating either Instance.GROSSFEE or Instance.NETFEE. Bursaries which offer non-cash support, such as free laptops, discounts on accommodation etc, should also not be used to reduce the value of Instance.NETFEE. If the bursary is given in cash directly to the student on the expectation that they hand it back to the provider to cover the fees, Instance.NETFEE should be reduced to account for this.

Where the NHS or other body pays a per-capita charge equivalent to a fee this should be recorded in this field. However where the NHS pays a single fee that is not linked to individual students then zero should be returned.

For Welsh domiciled students in the UK and EU domiciled students at providers in Wales the Instance.NETFEE should be the fee charged before the fee grant is applied.

Instance.NETFEE is not required for incoming exchange students or dormant students.

Examples

A student with a Instance.GROSSFEE of £9,000 who has had a fee waiver of £1,000 should be returned as 8000 in this field.

Students who do not have any financial support will have the same value returned in both Instance.GROSSFEE and Instance.NETFEE.

Quality rules
Quality rules to follow
Reason required To monitor the various fee levels and their spread across the UK. Used with GROSSFEE to monitor the actual fees paid by students and which student groups are charged reduced fees. SFC: To monitor the actual fees paid by rest of UK students and which student groups are charged reduced fees.
Part of
Field length6
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: NETFEE
OwnerHESA
Version1.1
Date modified2021-09-10
Change management notesThe reason required for Scotland has been updated in response to changed funding requirements post-Brexit. Guidance added to advise where an extra fee is charged to cover additional administrative expenses incurred for resitting or resubmitting assessments, this should be captured in NETFEE. The guidance has also been updated to add clarification on coverage.

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