Qualification result(QUALRESULT)


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Key

Value

Name
Qualification result
Short Name
QUALRESULT
Parent Entity
TypeField
Applicable To
England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All QualificationAwarded entities at providers in England.

All QualificationAwarded entities at providers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales where Qualification.QUALCAT = M0002, H0003, H0004, H0005, H0009, I0001.

Description
This field records the result of Qualification achieved by the Student
Notes

This field records the class of the qualification that the student has achieved.Only codes 0001-0008 should be used for students who have achieved an undergraduate degree qualification.Enhanced degrees should be coded 0005 'Unclassified honours', if not classified.HESA aggregates codes 0005, 0006, 0007 and 0008 as "unclassified".Medical degrees which are not honours programmes should be coded 0007 or 0008.Codes 0009-0011 can be used for students who have achieved an integrated taught masters degree. Providers may return these students using codes 0001-0008 if these are more meaningful.

Reason Required
To monitor outcomes, to analyse outcomes against study intentions, to record classification data for publication on Unistats.
Field Length
4
Quality RulesQuality Rules to follow
Minimum Occurrence
0
Maximum Occurrence
1
Primary Key?
False
Valid Values
CodeCoding Frame Label
0001First class honours
0002Upper second class honours
0003Lower second class honours
0004Third class honours
0005Unclassified honours
0006Aegrotat (whether to honours or to pass)
0007Ordinary (non-honours) degree
0008General degree- degree awarded after following a non-honours course/degree that was not available to be classified
0009Distinction
0010Merit
0011Pass
0012Commendation
0013Award of credit
9999Not available
Revision History
Coding Manual VersionElement VersionNotes
1.0.01.0Valid entries for QUALRESULT have been updated to match changes made within the C21051 Student coding manual.
1.1.01.1Valid entry 'Not available' has been updated to code 9999 to be consistent with HESA's approach to 99 codes.