Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) Is where secondary schools receive funding for the purpose of offering non-conventional and tertiary-type courses to their students. STAR funded students may enrol with a tertiary education provider for the purpose of receiving tuition. Non-Formal Education/Courses Non-formal education/course is learning that does not contribute towards a qualification. This includes adult community education courses, courses taken for personal interest (CPI) and learning for which only a certificate of attendance is given. Non-formal education can include assessment, but the assessment does not contribute toward a qualification. If a student receives a certificate of completion or attainment simply by virtue of attending classes, or in some way, the learning is considered to be non-formal. A quality assured qualification Is one that has been approved by the quality assurance bodies New Zealand Vice Chancellors’ Committee (CUAP) or NZQA; or to an award issued by a tertiary education organisation for which the organisation's council (or academic board, with delegation) has given approval. Recognised qualification A qualification that has been approved by a quality assurance body and meets the requirements of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework. Verified NSN (Previously known as ‘Active’) Once the name and date of birth, AND the residential status of the student has been verified, the status of the NSN is ‘Verified’. When a student has a ‘Verified’ NSN they have fulfilled the verification requirements for enrolment at any TEO. Unverified NSN (Previously known as ‘Partial’) Is some of the data on the NSI record is missing or some or all of the data is unverified. An Inactive NSN Is where the record relates to a deceased or fictional person and should no longer be used. A Merged NSN Is where the record is no longer current. The record will indicate which NSN should now be used for the student in question.
How to report enrolments of Trade Academies and Youth Guarantee programmes All students enrolled in Academies and Youth Guarantee programmes are Type D students and therefore must complete a full enrolment which requires a ‘Verified’ NSN. Youth Guarantee Guarantee students will be enrolled in courses that will lead to either national qualifications or locally awarded qualifications. In either case, the qualification must have been through the appropriate NZQA and TEC approval processes. All Youth Guarantee enrolments should use a source of funding of 22 and the qualification code of the qualification that the student is enrolled in. Trades Academies Students enrolled at a Trades Academy remain enrolled in a secondary school. Each Trades Academy will deliver a trades-related programme that should include both NCEA (Level 2) credits and a nationally transferable tertiary qualification (Levels 1-3 on the New Zealand Qualification Framework (NZQF). All tertiary qualifications for Trades Academies must have been through the appropriate NZQA and TEC approval processes as required. All Trades Academy enrolments should use a source of funding of 24 and the qualification code of the qualification that the student is enrolled in. Note that generic qualification codes cannot be used for Trades Academy enrolments. How to report the enrolment of STAR students All students enrolled in Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR) programmes are Type B students require a minimum of a ‘Partial’ NSN. All STAR students should be enrolled under a generic qualification PCSTAR. Other statistical reporting requirements are outlined on the Information Requirements page. How to report the enrolment of students into other contracted courses A number of organisations and Government agencies, e.g. Ministry of Social Development (MSD) contract TEOs to run specific courses. Students in these contracted courses will have a source of funding (code 12) and should be enrolled under a generic qualification code. For PTEs it is PCCONT. For TEIs it is XXCONT where XX is the two letter organisation code. These students are Type C students. How to report the enrolment of students in a Certificate of Personal Interest The Certificate of Personal Interest (CPI) applies to students who choose to enrol in a recognised course (subject/paper/module) for personal interest only and do not enrol in a Qualification or gain recognised credit toward a qualification. TEIs use XXCPI code. PTEs use PCCPI. PTE students do not receive any Student Achievement Component funding for CPI enrolments and therefore source of funding will be 'Domestic full fee paying' (code 03).
DDMMYYYY – i.e. 01121961 = 1 December 1961 Note: The Date of Birth must match the equivalent Date of Birth on the NSN reported. Validation Logic Applies To: Type B, C and D students Errors 102: DOB is invalid or blank 408: Age is less than 10 or greater than 100 Warning 409: Age is less than 15 or greater than 70 Data Collection Source: Student application/enrolment form. Note: Type C and D students are required to provide a date of at enrolment, and type D students must have a verified date of birth. Where the date of birth for a Type B student has not been identified, the official Ministry proxy of 11/11/1918 may be used. Refer to the at the beginning of the manual for further information. Frequency: Once, at first enrolment at your organisation. Field History The field has existed since data collection was introduced 1998 – Age band codes for older students ceased to be valid 1999 – Validation logic tightened 2000 – Four digit year introduced 2004 – Reporting requirements amended to include Type B students 2004 – Validation logic amended to include Type B & C students 2004 – Validation 131 removed 2004 – Classification and Data Collection fields; further clarification provided 2006 – Validations 104 and 127 redundant and replaced with 408 and 409 2008 – Field removed from Qualification Completion file 2015 April – Updated validation 102 description Field Name NAMEID Field Number 1.6 Field Title Name ID Code Description This field consists of the first four characters of a student’s surname plus initial of first legal name. Reason for Field This is used in the Results of Study exchange of data with Study Link which assists Study Link in determining eligibility of Students to Student Allowances. This field is also used to develop longitudinally linked datasets containing historical data where no nsn is available, such as the integrated student loan dataset used for Student Loan Scheme valuation and research purposes. Specifications