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National identity type (NATIOND)

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Key Value
Name National identity type
Short name NATIOND
Part of National identity (NationalIdentity)
Description This field 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.
Applicable to England Wales
Coverage All NationalIdentity entities
Notes

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



A student can identify themselves as having up to two national identities.



99 must be returned where the data is not known by the provider.



Quality Rules Quality rules to follow
Optional? No
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.
Field Length 2
References
Valid Values
Code Label
01 British
02 English
03 Irish
04 Scottish
05 Welsh
06 Other
98 Information refused
99 Not available

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