Unique learner number(ULN)
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Key | Value |
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Name | Unique learner number |
Short Name | ULN |
Parent Entity | |
Type | Field |
Applicable To | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All Student at providers in England where CourseInitiative.INITIATIVEID= 004 or StudentInitiative.INITIATIVEID= 004. Optional for all other students. |
Description | This field records a student's Unique Learner Number |
Notes | Further information regarding the ULN can be found on the Learning Records Service web site https://www.gov.uk/topic/further-education-skills/learning-records-service. Since the ULN is issued by the Learning Records Service, a providers' only obligation will be to check the validity of the number. This is required for higher apprenticeship students and to allow linking with the ILR. Where the student is in coverage for this identifier but one is not available, 9999999999 should be returned, in line with the individualised learner record (ILR) specification. |
Reason Required | To facilitate linking between HESA data and other data sources. |
Field Length | 10 |
Quality Rules | Quality Rules to follow |
Minimum Occurrence | 0 |
Maximum Occurrence | 1 |
Primary Key? | False |
Revision History | No Revision History entries for this collection. |