Initial Teacher Training 2021/22 - Unique Learner Number
Initial Teacher Training 2021/22Fields required from institutions in EnglandUnique Learner Number | return to field list |
Type | field |
Short name | ULN |
Description |
This field records a 10-digit numeric identifier. |
Applicable to | England |
Coverage | Compulsory for those students who have been issued with a ULN. |
Notes |
The specification of this field falls within the scope of the Aligned Data Definitions and follows the Data Standards in the HESA record. The ULN is a ten-digit number with a non-zero number in the first position and a check digit in the final position. Further information regarding the ULN from the MIAP web site can be found here. Since the ULN is issued by the Learner Registration Service, a provider's only obligation will be to check the validity of the number by performing the checksum validation test below. The ULN checksum follows the same basic principles as the NHS number, but has been designed to ensure that there is no replication of ULN and NHS number. The checksum validation process is as follows:
(e.g. ULN 9276308686. (9*10)+(2*9)+(7*8)+(6*7)+(3*6)+(0*5)+(8*4)+(6*3) +(8*2)+(6*1) = 296. 296/11=26, remainder 10) For additional information, an Excel spreadsheet showing how the final check digit (and leading digit for Scottish Candidate Number (SCN) based ULNs) is calculated can be downloaded here. |
Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this entity are displayed here.
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Reason required | To facilitate linking between years of HESA data and between the Student record and other data sources. |
Part of | |
Field length | 10 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: ULN
Data type: UniqueLearnerNumberType |
Owner | Learning Records Service |
Version | 1.0 |
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