Student 2021/22 - Sexual orientation
Student 2021/22Fields required from institutions in All fieldsSexual orientation | return to field list | valid entries |
| Type | field |
| Short name | SEXORT |
| Description |
This field records the sexual orientation of the student, on the basis of their own self-assessment |
| Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
| Coverage | All Students at providers in England except where Instance.REDUCEDI = 08. All Students at providers in Northern Ireland and Wales. Optional for all Students at providers in Scotland. |
| Valid entries and labels | |
| Notes |
Sexual orientation is recorded on the basis of the student's own self-assessment. Suggested question (recommended by Stonewall): What is your sexual orientation? Advance HE has a number of resources relating to gathering information across the protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010. If you have any further queries regarding equality monitoring, please view https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/. When collecting this data, providers can choose to use the answer option 'Prefer not to say' which can be mapped to 'Information Refused'. Providers are expected to reconfirm this information with the student, on at least an annual basis. |
| Quality rules |
Quality rules to follow
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| Reason required | To monitor equal opportunities issues in the higher education sector and support higher education providers (HEPs) in meeting their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 |
| Part of | |
| Field length | 2 |
| Minimum occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum occurrences | 1 |
| Schema components |
Element: SEXORT
Data type: SEXORTCodeContentType |
| Owner | Advance HE |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Date modified | 2021-10-18 |
| Change management notes | The coverage for England only has been updated to exclude students with REDUCEDI = 08 so as to reduce burden on providers. |
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