Student Alternative 2021/22 - Last provider attended
Student Alternative 2021/22Fields required from institutions in All fieldsLast provider attended | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field | ||||||||||||
Short name | PREVINST | ||||||||||||
Description |
This field describes the previous provider attended by the student. | ||||||||||||
Applicable to | England | ||||||||||||
Coverage | Compulsory for all entry profiles for students at registered providers and those on designated courses at providers with teach out or limited designation where EntryProfile.DOMICILE = XF, XG, XH, XI, XK, XL, GG, JE, IM and Course.COURSEAIM = M22, M26, M28, H00, H11, H16, H18, H22, H23, I00, I11, I16, J10, J16, J20, J26, J30, C20, C30. Not required for students on non-designated courses at providers with teach out or limited designation. | ||||||||||||
Valid entries and labels | |||||||||||||
Notes |
The identifier for the primary provider of teaching entered in this field may be obtained from the UK Register of Learning Providers. For students entering through UCAS this information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction. Where updates are made to the UCAS supplied data by providers these should be made with reference to the schools listing issued by UCAS to providers. UCAS will make available a UKPRN code for the provider. Where a UKPRN is not available one of the five generic codes below, or 9999 for unknown, will be used. UCAS holds the provider from which the UCAS application was received. HESA recognises that this will give a small percentage statistical error in the data for this field. For non-UCAS entrants providers may use the generic codes and not provide details of individual named providers. The generic codes are:
If the previous provider is not known and none of the other generic codes are suitable, code as 9999. For example UKPRNs may not be available in circumstances where the establishment ceased to exist prior to the first issue of UKPRNs. Submitted UKPRNs will be verified against a valid list obtained from the UKRLP. | ||||||||||||
Quality rules |
Quality rules to follow
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Reason required | To monitor school, etc., background of students and to assist the tracking of students through their experience of higher education. | ||||||||||||
Part of | |||||||||||||
Field length | 8 | ||||||||||||
Minimum occurrences | 0 | ||||||||||||
Maximum occurrences | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schema components |
Element: PREVINST
Data type: PREVINSTType | ||||||||||||
Owner | HESA | ||||||||||||
Version | 1.1 | ||||||||||||
Date modified | 2022-05-05 | ||||||||||||
Change management notes | Guidance updated to clarify that whilst previous provider information is available as part of the Star J for students entering through UCAS, it should be updated where appropriate. |
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