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National identity (NationalIdentity)

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Key Value
Name National identity
Short Name NationalIdentity
Version 1.7.0
Description This entity records the national identity of the Student. National identity is different from both ethnicity and nationality and could be based on many things including, for example, culture, language or ancestry/family history. National identity reflects how an individual chooses to classify themself.
Uniquely Identified by

Each National identity (NationalIdentity) is uniquely identified by:
Applicable to England Wales
Coverage All Students at providers in Wales where EntryProfile.PERMADDCOUNTRY = XI where Engagement.INCOMINGEXCHANGE does not exist.

Optional, but strongly encouraged, for all Students at providers in England where Course.TTCID = 01 or 02.

Must not be returned outside of the stated coverage.
Notes


This data must be returned for all students in coverage at the start of their Engagement i.e. by the end of the reference period in which their first associated StudentCourseSession begins. If the data is not known by the provider 99 'Not available' should be returned in NationalIdentity.NATIOND


This data must be updated throughout a Student's Engagement where applicable.


A student can identify themselves as having up to two national identities.
Quality Rules Quality rules to follow
Reason Required To monitor the impact of policies and practices on Students of Welsh or other UK background, To compare sector data with that from other areas of the economy, For ITT Students, to respond to Parlimentary Questions, Written Questions, FOI requests on complex citizenship/nationality issues. To be able to perform analysis on trainee demographics at the start of an academic year.
Minimum Occurrences 0
Maximum Occurrences 2
Fields
Field Field Length Optional?
National identity type (NATIOND) 2 No
Parent Entity Student (Student)
Revision History
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