I agree - it makes no sense as far as Reading students are concerned to
classify LOCSDY code 6 Distance Learning as franchised.
Is this a misunderstanding about how this code should be used (on our part
or HESA's?) or a mistake in definition for the FT's League Tables?
Rachel Crabtree
Assistant Registrar
The University of Reading
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Fiona Robertson wrote:
> I have been trawling through the information HESA has supplied to the
> Financial Times for its League tables in respect of 1996/97. I would be
> interested in views on the definitions used in Item 7 - FTE students by
> Location of Study - which I find somewhat curious.
>
> I see that LOCSDY codes 2,3,6,7 are lumped together as "franchised". In
> Bradford's case code 2 includes a couple of collaborative courses which we
> would not regard as franchises ( either in or out). (Roughly, these are
> joint courses where the students register with us and get our degrees but
> do some study at the partner institutions, in return for which we teach
> students registered at the partner for some of their course.)
>
> Rather more curiously code 6 - distance learning - is treated as
> franchised. At Bradford this includes extramural research students, where
> there is generally no other teaching institution involved.
>
> Any comments?
>
>
> Fiona Robertson
> Planning Division University of Bradford
> phone:01274 235080
> fax:01274 235740
> e-mail:[log in to unmask]
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