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Respond by Tuesday 26 November 2002

HEIFES02

Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey 2002-03

This document asks further education colleges to complete a survey of students on recognised courses of higher education. The data will: give us an early indication of the number of students on recognised courses of HE at further education colleges in 2002-03; enable us to monitor the achievement of funding agreement targets for 2002-03, and inform our allocation of teaching funds for 2003-04.

To: Heads of further education colleges directly funded by HEFCE in 2002-03
Heads of lead institutions of HEFCE-recognised funding consortia
Of interest to those responsible for: Student data; Funding
Reference: 2002/41
Publication date: September 2002
Enquiries to: Joe Clark tel 0117 931 7292
e-mail heifes@hefce.ac.uk

Executive summary (read on-line)

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Report and Annexes A - E
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Annex P
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Executive summary

Purpose

1.    This document asks further education colleges (FECs) to complete a survey of students on recognised courses of higher education (HE).

Key points

2.    The data collected on the Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey 2002-03 (HEIFES02) are intended to be compatible with those returned on the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 2002-03 (HESES02), which we collect from higher education institutions (HEIs). However, because of differences in the way FECs have traditionally returned data, identical returns are not possible. As we further develop our relationships with FECs we hope to be able to align the two surveys.

3.    The data will:

  1. Give us an early indication of the number of students on recognised courses of HE at FECs in the academic year 2002-03.
  2. Enable us to monitor the achievement of the funding agreement targets for the academic year 2002-03.
  3. Together with the individualised student record (ISR) supplied to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), inform our allocation of teaching funds for the academic year 2003-04.

4.    This document provides:

  1. Guidance notes for completing the HEIFES02 survey.
  2. Definitions used in the HEIFES02 survey.
  3. Examples of the survey tables, which will be distributed electronically.

5.    Information contained in the annexes will help colleges to complete the survey.

Annex  
Annex A: Summary of changes and clarifications since HEIFES01
Annex B: The HEIFES02 student population
Annex C: Recognised courses of HE
Annex D: Counting student activity
Annex E: Full-time equivalence for part-time students
Annex F: Residential and funding status
Annex G: Price groups
Annex H: Mode of study
Annex I: Level of study
Annex J: Long years of programme of study
Annex K: Table descriptions
Annex L: Descriptions of columns in tables
Annex M: Links between the ILRF04 and HEIFES02 data
Annex N: Validation checks
Annex O: Workbook notes
Annex P: Sample tables
Annex Q: HEIFES02 fundamentals
Annex R: Audit of HEIFES01
Annex S: Glossary
Annex T: Index

Action required

6.    Survey data should be e-mailed to us by Tuesday 26 November 2002. Workbooks will be available to colleges at the beginning of November 2002.