Data Futures Return: PG Entry Qualification Subject

For each PG Entry Qualification Award entity in the extract, up to 5 Subject entities are created based on whether the award is derived from either Degree Qualifications or External Degrees.

  • For records derived from Degree Qualifications, an entity is created using the Subject value and additional entities are created if Subject 2 or Subject 3 are defined. Subject is a required field in Entry Profile - Degree Qualifications. Subject 2 and 3 are optional.

  • For records derived from External Degrees, up to 5 entities are created based on the HECOS1, HECOS2, HECOS3, HECOS4 and HECOS5 fields defined in Entry Profile. If no subjects are defined in Entry Profile a single entity is created with SUBJECTID derived as NULL ERROR.

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Entity: PG Entry Qualification Subject

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Entry Profile HESA Data - Degree Qualifications

Subject, Subject 2, Subject 3

Entry Profile HESA Data

HECOS1, HECOS2, HECOS3, HECOS4, HECOS5

Field Derivation Rule: Include for all entities

Derivation Steps:

  1. If the entity is created from a Degree Qualification record, the Subject, Subject 2, or Subject 3 value is derived.

  2. If the entity is created from an External Degree record, HECoS codes from Entry Profile are derived.

  3. Derive as NULL ERROR.