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Initial Teacher Training 2022/23 - Ethnicity

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Initial Teacher Training 2022/23

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
180Arab
100Asian - Bangladeshi or Bangladeshi British
101Asian - Chinese or Chinese British
103Asian - Indian or Indian British
104Asian - Pakistani or Pakistani British
119Any other Asian background
120Black - African or African British
121Black - Caribbean or Caribbean British
139Any other Black background
140Mixed or multiple ethnic groups - White or White British and Asian or Asian British
141Mixed or multiple ethnic groups - White or White British and Black African or Black African British
142Mixed or multiple ethnic groups - White or White British and Black Caribbean or Black Caribbean British
159Any other Mixed or Multiple ethnic background
160White - English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish or British
163White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller
166White - Irish
168White - Roma
179Any other White background
899Any other ethnic background
997Not known
998Prefer not to say
999Not available
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 159 'Any other Mixed or Multiple ethnic background' should be used when a student indicates their ethnicity as something not included in the coding frame.

Code 997 'Not known' can be used when a student genuinely does not know their ethnicity, for example individuals who were adopted.

Code 998 'Prefer not to say' should be returned when a student has explicitly refused to provide the information.

Code 999 'Not available' should be used when the provider does not know the information e.g. the student did not respond to the request for information.

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/.

Advance HE suggested question: What is your ethnicity or ethnic group?

For best practice, Advance HE advise that when providing categories of response, providers list these in alphabetical order of high-level category e.g. "Asian" categories, "Arab", "Black".

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 length3
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: ETHNIC
OwnerHESA
Version1.0

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