Element E501 - Highest qualification code
Description
A code which indicates the highest qualification of a member of staff with an academic classification
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Scheduled Validations
Format
Code category | Element (E) |
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Element # | 501 |
Element Type: | String |
Width: | 1 |
Version Revision Date: | |
Version: | 6.00 |
Years version active: | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Allowable Values
VALUE | MEANING |
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6 | Doctorate by research or coursework |
7 | Master's by research, coursework or Master's extended |
5 | Other Postgraduate (including Postgraduate Qual or Prelim; Grad Dip/Postgrad Dip New/Extended and Graduate Certificate) |
2 | Bachelor's (including Bachelor's graduate entry, Bachelor's honours and Bachelor's pass |
3 | Other |
4 | No information |
Highest qualification place code is only reported for members of staff with an academic classification.
Summary
Element 501 was included as part of the Higher Education Staff data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Opens in a new window: Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) which was implemented in 2005. There have been no significant coding changes to this element since.
Table 1. Change control information with links to relevant versions 1
First year version applied | Last year version applied | Version | Change | Reason for change | Notice date | Issue date |
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2016 | 2020 | 5.0 | Updated code 7 to include 'Master's extended' | Update of information | 16 Nov 2015 | 16 Nov 2015 |
2015 | 2015 | 4.00 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade | Ministerial Notice document system upgrade | 22 May 2014 | 22 May 2014 |
2012 | 2014 | 3.00 | New versioning applied to data elements | No change in requirements - Implementation of new document management system. | 11 Mar 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 |
2005 | 2011 | 1.00 | Inclusion in 2005 student data collection | Implementation of HEIMS | 9 Dec 2004 | 9 Dec 2004 |
Pre‑HESA: Element 501 was included in the original Higher Education staff data collection in 2003. It continued as part of the staff data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. There have been no significant coding changes to this element. |
Note 1: A version of an element can be associated with one or more reporting years. Where there are multiple versions applicable to a reporting year, only a link to the latest version is provided.