Person—commencing student indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Commencing student indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 758221 |
Registration status: | Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a person is starting a course of study, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—commencing student indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Boolean | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Yes Refers to an individual/person that is commencing a course of study. CODE 2 No Refers to an individual/person that is not commencing a course of study. A student is classified as a commencing student in relation to a particular course of study. A student is a commencing student for a year if she/he started studying in a course of study for the first time at the higher education provider or an antecedent higher education provider in that year. An antecedent higher education provider means a higher education provider which has merged with the higher education provider at which the student's enrolment continues. Students of the following types are not to be classified as commencing students:
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Collection methods: | This element is not used in files provided to the Dept. of Education by universities; it is a "derived" element using Course of study commencement date. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Australian Government 2021. Tertiary Collection of Student Information: Commencing Student Indicator, Canberra. Viewed 10 August 2022.www.tcsisupport.gov.au/element/922 |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Initial Teacher Education (ITE) data cluster Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 |