Student load (STULOAD)
Key | Value |
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Name | Student load |
Short name | STULOAD |
Part of | Student course session (StudentCourseSession) |
Description | This field indicates the providers best academic judgement of the Full Time Equivalence (FTE) of the student for this StudentCourseSession. |
Applicable to | Scotland |
Coverage | All StudentCourseSessions at providers in Scotland where StudentCourseSession.SCSENDDATE exists. |
Notes | This field records the FTE that the student completed during the StudentCourseSession. This cannot be exact in all cases and a strict pro-rata model is not expected. The aim is to give a better approximation than the use of arbitrary conversion factors. |
Quality Rules | Quality rules to follow |
Optional? | Yes |
Reason required | To monitor intensity of study and to allow analysis by FTE rather than by headcount. Particularly significant for analysing load and allocations of funding for part-time students. |
Field Length | 4 |
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