Staff 2022/23 - Sexual orientation
Staff 2022/23Fields 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 member of staff, on the basis of their own self-assessment |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | Mandatory for providers in England and Wales, optional for providers in Northern Ireland and Scotland. |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes | Sexual orientation is recorded on the basis of the member of staff's own self-assessment. Guidance question: Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation? Staff should be presented with this question every year. Definitions: Prefer not to say – staff member doesn’t want to declare the information. Not available – the provider is not able to get this data in order to send it to HESA. 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/. |
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Part of | |
Field length | 2 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: SEXORT
Data type: SEXORTCodeContentType |
Owner | Advance HE |
Version | 1.0 |
Change management notes | All valid entries used previously in 21025 replaced with new valid entries 10, 11, 12, 19, 98 and 99. Coverage has also been updated for this field which becomes mandatory for providers in England and Wales, but remains optional for providers in Northern Ireland and Scotland. |
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