ILR specification: 2024 to 2025

Mode of Study: Field

Definition

An indicator of the mode of study expressed in terms of the OfS Higher Education Students Early Statistics survey (HESES) definitions. The mode recorded should be the mode at the end of year of engagement, or, if this is after the end of the ILR year, the mode on 31 July.

Reason Required

Required by the OfS to record students’ mode of study based on the definitions it uses for various processes including funding calculations, determining the NSS population, derivation of institutional performance measures and the calculation of student numbers used for determining OfS registration fees.

Schema Definitions

XML Entity Name
MODESTUD
Field Length
2
Data type
xs:int
Minimum occurrences
1
Maximum occurrences
1

Collection Requirements

  • Aim Types 3,4 and 5

Attribute Codes

Code Title Valid to
1 Full-time and sandwich
2 Sandwich year-out
3 Part-time
99 Not in Early Statistics/HESES population 31 Jul 2022

Notes