DDMMYYYY i.e. day/month/year – 01121961 = 1 December 1961 Note: The Date of must match the equivalent Date of Birth on the NSN reported. Validation Applies To: Type B, C and D students Errors 102: DOB is invalid or blank 408: Age is less than 10 or greater than 100 Warning 409: Age is less than 15 or greater than 70 Data Collection Source: Student application/enrolment form. Note: Type C and D students are required to provide a date of birth at enrolment, and type D students must have a verified date of birth. Where the date of birth for a Type B student has not been identified, the official Ministry proxy of 11/11/1918 may be used. Refer to the at the beginning of the manual for further information. Frequency: Once, at first enrolment at your organisation. Field History The field has existed since data collection was introduced 1998 Age band codes for older students ceased to be valid – 1999 Validation logic tightened – 2000 Four digit year introduced – 2004 Reporting requirements amended to include Type B students – 2004 Validation logic amended to include Type B & C students – 2004 Validation 131 removed – 2004 Classification and Data Collection fields; further clarification provided – 2006 Validations 104 and 127 redundant and replaced with 408 and 409 – 2008 Field removed from Qualification Completion file – 2015 April Updated validation 102 description – NAMEID Number 1.6 Name Field Title Name ID Code Description This field consists of the first four characters of a student’s surname plus initial of first legal name. Reason for Field This field is used in the Results of Study exchange of data with Study Link which assists Study Link in determining eligibility of Students to Student Allowances. This field is also used to develop longitudinally linked datasets containing historical data where no nsn is available, such as the integrated student loan dataset used for Student Loan Scheme valuation and research purposes. Specifications
DDMMYYYY – i.e. day/month/year 01121961 = 1 December 1961 Note: The Date of must match the equivalent Date of Birth on the NSN reported. Validation Applies To: Type B, C and D students Errors 102: DOB is invalid or blank 408: Age is less than 10 or greater than 100 Warning 409: Age is less than 15 or greater than 70 Data Collection Source: Student application/enrolment form. Note: Type C and D students are required to provide a date of birth at enrolment, and type D students must have a verified date of birth. Where the date of birth for a Type B student has not been identified, the official Ministry proxy of 11/11/1918 may be used. Refer to the at the beginning of the manual for further information. Frequency: Once, at first enrolment at your organisation. Field History The field has existed since data collection was introduced 1998 – Age band codes for older students ceased to be valid 1999 – Validation logic tightened 2000 – Four digit year introduced 2004 – Reporting requirements amended to include Type B students 2004 – Validation logic amended to include Type B & C students 2004 – Validation 131 removed 2004 – Classification and Data Collection fields; further clarification provided 2006 – Validations 104 and 127 redundant and replaced with 408 and 409 2008 – Field removed from Qualification Completion file 2015 April – Updated validation 102 description Name NAMEID Number 1.6 Field Title Name ID Code Description This field consists of the first four characters of a student’s surname plus initial of first legal name. Reason for Field This field is used in the Results of Study exchange of data with Study Link which assists Study Link in determining eligibility of Students to Student Allowances. This field is also used to develop longitudinally linked datasets containing historical data where no nsn is available, such as the integrated student loan dataset used for Student Loan Scheme valuation and research purposes. Specifications
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