Franchised Aim Data Definition

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1 Flag indicating that learner has a franchised aim.

Purpose

2 This is a flag that indicates if a learner is undertaking at least one franchised learning aim.

Relevant Collections

  • ILR (FE)
  • ILR (UfI)

Source Data

3 The following variables are used as source data for the calculation of Flag indicating that learner is undertaking a franchised aim.

Field Name

Label

A21

Franchised Out or Partnership Arrangement

A_LIVE_B

DV – Status of aim for inclusion in analysis using 1 Oct as first census date

Derived Variables and Datasets

4 The definitions produces the following derived variable(s)

Field Name

Label

Dataset

L_FRANCH

Does the Learner Have Any Franchised Aims

Learner, Aims, Framework and Aims, ESF and HE Standard Files

Detailed definition

5 This variable indicates whether any aim for the learner is franchised. For every aim, the calculation looks at Franchised Out or Partnership Arrangement (A21).

6 This excludes those aims that are not included for analytical purposes (using A_LIVE_B).

7 Note that where Franchised Out or Partnership Arrangement (A21) has a value of 27, an aim is exempt from the FE funding franchised discount but Does the Learner Have Any Franchised Aims (L_FRANCH) can still have a value of 1.

Sample Code

8 The following sample code is available:

Creator

Analysis and MI Team

Date issued

28 September 2006

Date created

9 November 2005

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