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Initial Teacher Training 2021/22 - Ethnicity

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Initial Teacher Training 2021/22

Fields required from institutions in England

Ethnicity


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valid entries
Typefield
Short nameETHNIC
Description

This field records a student's ethnicity.

Applicable toEngland
Coverage

All students.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
10White
15Gypsy or Traveller
21Black or Black British - Caribbean
22Black or Black British - African
29Other Black background
31Asian or Asian British - Indian
32Asian or Asian British - Pakistani
33Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi
34Chinese
39Other Asian background
41Mixed - White and Black Caribbean
42Mixed - White and Black African
43Mixed - White and Asian
49Other Mixed background
50Arab
80Other Ethnic background
90Not known
98Information refused
Notes

This field contains the subset of codes applicable to England from the Student.ETHNIC field in the Student record.

Ethnicity is recorded on the basis of the student's own self-assessment.

Code 80 'Other ethnic background' should be used when a student indicates their ethnicity as something not included in the coding frame.

Code 90 'Not known' can be used when a student genuinely does not know their ethnicity, for example individuals who were adopted.

Code 98 'Information refused' should be returned when a student has explicitly refused to provide the information. The phrase 'Prefer not to say' can be used when collecting the data.

The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) has a number of resources relating to gathering information across the protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010. These resources can be found at Equality Challenge Unit. If you have any further queries regarding equality monitoring, please email ECU at [email protected].

Quality rules
Quality rules relating to this entity are displayed here.
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 length2
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: ETHNIC
OwnerHESA
Version1.0

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