HESA data collection form - Strode College

The following questions are optional and the answers you give will not be reported to HESA. Your answers to these
questions will be used to provide you with a better service and appropriate information.
Occupation
Q12. Please provide information about your occupation status, type and title. For occupation title please tell us what is
(or was) the full title of your main job; for example, ‘Car Mechanic’, ‘Television Service Engineer’, ‘Benefits Assistant’.
Please give your job title and not a grade or pay band. Unpaid or voluntary work is valid.
Occupation status
In full-time work/self-employed
In part-time work/self-employed
Occupation type
Modern professional occupations
Clerical and intermediate occupations
HESA data collection form
You must complete and return this form with your registration agreement. Your answers to these
questions will be used for reporting purposes by The Open University and the Higher Education
Statistics Agency (HESA). The information you provide will not affect your access to OU courses
and services, but you do need to complete this form in order to register.
The Open University, like all UK universities, is required to collect information about its students for
reporting to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The University also uses information
about its students to ensure that all our services are accessible and that we achieve fair outcomes
for all. HESA observes strict rules of disclosure required by the Data Protection Act and will not give
your details to third parties. Further information on our Data Protection policy can be found in the
Conditions of registration or on our website at www.open.ac.uk/our-student-policies.
Looking after the home/family
Retired from paid work
Senior managers or administrators
Technical and craft occupations
Name Date of birth Postcode
Doing unpaid voluntary work
Semi-routine manual and service occupations
Personal Identifier (if known)
Unique Learner Number (ULN) (if known)
Unable to work due to long-term sickness or disability
Unemployed and looking for a job
Routine manual and service occupations
Middle or junior managers
Scottish Candidate Number (if you know it from any previous school or college examinations):
Not in paid work for some other reason
Occupation title:
Traditional professional occupations
Never been in paid work
You don’t usually need any formal qualifications to study most of our courses, but if you have studied before,
please tell us here.
Q1. What was your highest level of education when you first joined The Open University?
Q2. What is currently your highest level of education?
Q13. Please tell us your reasons for applying to study with the OU:
Please tick the relevant answer for both questions in the columns below.
Mainly employment/career development
Mainly personal development
GCSE or equivalent
55 GCSE/’O’ level qualifications only; SQA ‘O’ grades and Standard grades
Q1 Level when
first joined OU
Q2 Current
level
Employment/career and personal development are equally important
56 Other non-advanced qualification
Don’t know
57 NVQ/SVQ level 2
Q14. Please tell us which one of the following subject areas best represents your primary area of study interest.
The answer you give us will help us provide you with a better service and appropriate information.
A-level/Further education (below HE level)
Q1 Level when
first joined OU
Q2 Current
level
Arts and Humanities
Business and Management
Health and Social Care
Languages
28 Professional qualifications lower than HE level
37 GNVQ/GSVQ level 3
38 NVQ/SVQ level 3
Child and Youth Studies
Computing and ICT
Law
Mathematics and Statistics
39 ‘A’ level equivalent qualification not elsewhere specified
4a 1 A-level or equivalent
4b 2 or more A-levels or equivalent
Education
Psychology
4c
SQA ‘Advanced Highers’ (any number)
Engineering and Technology
Science
41 ONC or OND (including BTEC and SQA equivalents)
43 Foundation course at FE level
Environment, Development and International Studies
Social Sciences
44 Access course (QAA recognised)
SUP 019168
BA/BSc Open degree (see note below*)
*Our Open degree (BA or BSc Open) is a degree that is
tailored to your own requirements and allows you to
take courses from any area of the curriculum. If you’re
interested in studying across a wide range of subjects,
please tick this box.
45 Access course (not QAA recognised)
47 Baccalaureate
72 Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art and Design)

Higher education
01 Higher degree of UK institution
Q1 Level when
first joined OU
Q2 Current
level
Q5. If you live in Wales, have you undertaken a Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma?
Yes, I achieved the qualification
Yes, I have undertaken the diploma
but did not achieve the qualification
No
02 Postgraduate diploma or certificate, excluding PGCE
03 PGCE with QTS/GTC registration
04 PGCE without QTS/GTC registration
The following question is about your parents’ level of education. This includes natural parents, adoptive parents,
step-parents or guardians who have brought you up, and should be answered by all students, not just young people.
05 Postgraduate equivalent qualification not elsewhere specified
10 Undergraduate qualifications with QTS
Q6 .
Do any of your parents (as defined above) have any higher educational qualifications, such as a degree,
diploma or certificate of higher education?
11 First degree of UK institution
12 First degree from EU institution
Yes No Don’t know I prefer not to answer this question
13 First degree from other overseas institution
14 GNVQ/GSVQ level 5
15 NVQ/SVQ level 5
Q7. If you live in Scotland, do you have any dependants?
‘Young people or children’ refers to people aged 17 and under who are financially or otherwise dependent on you.
16 Graduate equivalent qualification not elsewhere specified
22 Credits from UK HE institution but no HE qualification
Yes – young people or children
No
23 Certificate or diploma of education (i.e. non-graduate initial teacher
training qualification)
Yes – other relatives / friends
Yes – young people / children and other relatives / friends
2a HNC (including BTEC and equivalents)
2b HND (including BTEC and equivalents)
2c Cert HE
25 Dip HE
31 Foundation degree
Ethnic origin
We aim to ensure that our services are accessible and that we achieve fair outcomes for people of all ethnic groups. We use
the ethnicity classifications from the Census in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as recommended by the
Commission for Racial Equality, in order to monitor the extent that we are achieving this.
26 GNVQ/GSVQ level 4
Q8. Which group best describes your ethnic or cultural background?
27 NVQ/SVQ level 4
29 Foundation course at HE level
White English
Irish Traveller
Asian or Asian British
- Pakistani
Other mixed
background
30 Other HE qualification of less than degree standard
White British
Black or Black
British - Caribbean
Chinese
Other ethnic
background
Other
92 Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning (APEL/APL)
Q1 Level when
first joined OU
Q2 Current
level
White Irish
White Scottish
Black or Black
British - African
Other Black
background
Other Asian
background
Mixed – White & Asian
I prefer not to answer
this question
93 Mature student admitted on basis of previous experience (without
formal APEL/APL) and/or institution’s own entrance examinations
White Welsh
Asian or Asian British
- Bangladeshi
Mixed – White & Black
Caribbean
94 Advanced Modern Apprenticeships
97 Other non-UK qualification, level not known
98 No formal qualifications
Other White
background
Asian or Asian British
- Indian
Mixed – White & Black
African
Q9. What is your nationality?
Q3. What type of educational institution did you attend before starting OU study?
UK state school
UK independent school
UK FE college
Any non-UK institution
UK Higher Education institution
Q10. If you live in Wales, please tell us what you consider to be your National Identity
(you may select one or two categories):
British English Welsh Scottish
Irish
Other
I prefer not to answer
this question
Q4. Have you ever attended a higher education course (i.e. above A level or equivalent)
in the UK for six months or more?
Q11. If you live in Wales, are you a Welsh speaker?
Yes
No
Yes – a fluent Welsh speaker
Yes – a Welsh speaker but not fluent
No