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UCAS personal identifier (UCASPERID)

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Key Value
Name UCAS personal identifier
Short name UCASPERID
Part of Student (Student)
Description This field records the UCAS person identifier issued by UCAS
Applicable to England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage All Students who entered an Engagement via UCAS and who have been issued a UCAS Personal Identifier.
Notes

This information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction.


The UCAS personal identifier together with the UCAS scheme code forms the unique identifier for an application.



Quality Rules Quality rules to follow
Optional? Yes
Reason required To identify students who entered a current Engagement through UCASand to facilitate linking between UCAS and HESA records.
Field Length 10
References

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