College Leaver Destinations Guidance 2022-23

Requirements

5. For the purposes of the collection full-time includes the FES1 Mode of attendance of programme – code list G codes:
   • “05” short full-time.
   • “17” full-time.
   • “18” part-time, but previously met old full-time criteria.
6. For students successfully completing a full-time, FE level course (all colleges) and HE level course (SRUC and HEI associated colleges excluded), we require information on:
   • Primary Classification (Destination).
   • Employment details (where applicable).
   • Further study details (where applicable).
   • Destination Source (where applicable).
7. Please refer to Section 3 (on page 7) and code lists A, B and C when completing information. Annex C provides a reference to show the information required for each Primary Classification.
8. The first destination information should reflect the position for successful full-time students completing courses in the academic year ending July 2023.
9. The aim is to record for each successful full-time student what firm arrangements have been made for employment, further study or training to start by 31 March 2024 (following the end of the academic year of qualifying).
10. Employment should be defined specifically. Each qualifier entering employment should be classified according to:
    • Employment.
    • Modern Apprenticeship.
    • Self-employed/freelance.
    • Voluntary or other unpaid work.
    • Developing a professional portfolio/creative practice.
    • Internship.
11. Graduates due to start a job by 31 of March 2024 also fall into this category.
12. For example, Modern Apprentices should be categorised under Primary Classification as “full-time employed” and marked as Modern Apprenticeship.
13. Further related to the employment information, please establish the relationship of the secured employment to the course completed: “Is the job related to your course of study? Yes/No”.

Suggested form of questionnaire

14. A sample questionnaire is provided at Annex A. An electronic version of this is available on request, although you are free to use your own method if you prefer.
15. Please note: the sample questionnaire allows the college to complete the CLD and to generate additional information for the college’s internal analysis and reporting purposes.

Proposed method of collection

16. It is recommended that each college should allow for (up to) three contact attempts to be made. If there is no response after three attempts then the student destination should be recorded ‘unconfirmed’ rather than left blank.
17. Note: the staff member making each contact attempt should be documented at each attempt (name and date). The database the SFC will issue to the college for final
    follow-up will provide fields for this information.
18. In cases where an early contact yields a negative destination response, for example at the College Graduation Ceremony, then a later follow-up should take place to check the leaver’s current destination status.
19. Updating of pre-populated destinations with more current information known by the college is acceptable.

Reporting standards

20. Young people engaged in supported employment or work placement schemes should be categorised under Primary Classification as either:
    • ‘Engaged in full-time further study, training or research’.
    • ‘Engaged in part-time further study, training or research’.
    • Not in employment.
21. Note: the column in the SFC-issued spreadsheet will include a dropdown menu related to study to identify study, research or training.
22. It is up to each college, in using professional judgement to decide whether to accept anecdotal destination information given by family members, fellow students past or present or college staff as credible. A questionnaire completed by the student or through information gathered directly from the student (for example, over the telephone or at college graduation ceremony) is the best resource but departments can sometimes fill in gaps where questionnaires have not been returned.
23. If there is significant doubt about the reliability of any of the graduate information, this should be classified as ‘unconfirmed’ and not left blank. Any incomplete data returned for a qualifier will be returned to ‘unconfirmed’ by SFC during data cleansing to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the dataset.
24. A destination of intent is not acceptable; destinations must be actual.
25. SFC may carry out quality assurance checks through sample auditing of the destination data, therefore colleges should retain associated paperwork for at least one year.

Data outputs

26. The 2022-23 CLD data will be used to produce sector figures for the National Performance Measure: Number and proportion of full-time college qualifiers in work, training and/or further study 3-6 months after qualifying, and which College Regions will report and set targets for in 2023-24 Outcome Agreements. Additional technical guidance is available on the SFC website.
27. First Destination of College Leavers data: Academic Year 2022-23 student cohort will be published towards the end of 2024, date to be confirmed.

Note on Data to be collected for specific Primary Classifications

28. An overview of information collected for each Primary Classification, is included in table form in Annex C: Primary Classification and compulsory fields.

Notes on Primary Classification (Destination) – Code List A

29. To be assigned one of these codes the student must be starting the activity by  31 March 2024.

Working full-time: employed/Modern Apprenticeship/self-employed/freelance, voluntary or other unpaid work, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship.

30. For those in full-time paid work only (including self-employed/freelance, voluntary/unpaid, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship) and those in full-time work and further study.

Working part-time: employed/Modern Apprenticeship/self-employed/freelance, voluntary or other unpaid work, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship.

31. For those in part-time paid work only (including self-employed/freelance, voluntary/unpaid, developing a professional portfolio/creative practice or on an internship) and those in part-time work and further study.

Due to Start Job by the 31 of March.

32. For graduates who are not currently in employment but have secured employment that is set to commence by the 31 of March 2024.

Engaged in full-time further study: study/ training/research.

33. For those who are continuing with full-time study, training or research at college or university.

Engaged in part-time further study: study/training/research.

34. For those who are continuing with part-time study, training or research at college or university.

Unemployed and looking for work.

35. This applies to graduates who are assumed to be unemployed.

Taking Time Out in Order to Travel.

36. For graduates who are unavailable for employment because of plans to travel.

Not Employed but NOT Looking for Employment, Further Study or Training.

37. For those not seeking any employment/further study after graduating.

Permanently Unable to Work/Retired.

38. Applies to those who are no longer available for employment.

Temporarily Sick/Unable to Work/Looking After Home/Family

39. For those who are presently unable to work but may look to take on employment/further study in the future.

Deceased

40. This should be used for students who successfully completed their course but are now deceased (records will be noted and removed from the final dataset).

Unknown

41. Colleges are asked to use this code rather than leave blanks. Note: key information such as employer names or educational courses/institutions should not be blank or unknown.

Industry of Employer (Employer Category) – code list B

For more detailed information on UK Standard Industrial Classification go to UK Standard Industrial Classification 2007.

A:  Agriculture, forestry and fishing.
B:  Mining and quarrying.
C:  Manufacturing.
D:  Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.
E:  Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities.
F:   Construction.
G:  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
(e.g. includes shops and garages)
H:   Transport and storage.
(e.g. includes drivers)
I:    Accommodation and food service activities.
(e.g. includes hotels, bars and restaurants)
J:   Information and communication.
(e.g. includes telecommunication and media activities)
K:   Financial and insurance activities.
(e.g. includes banks, pension and investment companies)
L:    Real estate activities.
(e.g. includes estate agents and letting agencies)
M:   Professional, scientific and technical activities.
(e.g. includes accountants, legal firms, architects, design, photographic,
veterinary, consultancies and research laboratories)
N:   Administrative and support service activities.
(e.g. includes recruitment agencies, travel agents, cleaning operatives,
security firms and call centres)
O:   Public administration and defence; compulsory social security.
(e.g. includes armed services, local authorities, fire and police services)
P:    Education.
(e.g. includes schools, colleges and universities)
Q:   Human health and social work activities.
(e.g. includes hospitals, health centres, dentists, care and childcare providers)
R:   Arts, entertainment and recreation.
(e.g. includes museums, libraries, sport and fitness facilities, gambling and
betting activities)
S:   Other service activities.
(e.g. includes hairdressers, beauticians, funeral activities, repair of ICT
equipment, repair of household electrical equipment and other personal
goods)
T:  Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and
services- producing activities of households for own use.
U: Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies.
(e.g. includes Embassy, Consular Office, Foreign armed forces, Foreign Civil
Service)

Unknown.

Destination of Further Study – code list C

Scotland’s colleges

Argyll (UHI)
Ayrshire College
Borders College
Dumfries and Galloway College
Dundee & Angus College
Edinburgh College
Fife College
Forth Valley College
Glasgow Clyde College
Glasgow College, City of
Glasgow Kelvin College
Inverness (UHI)
Lanarkshire College, South
Lanarkshire, New College
Moray (UHI)
Newbattle Abbey College
North East Scotland College
North, West and Hebrides (UHI)
Orkney (UHI)
Perth (UHI)
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (UHI)
Shetland (UHI)
West College Scotland
West Lothian College

Scotland’s universities

Aberdeen, The University of
Abertay, University of
Dundee, The University of
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh, The University of
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow, The University of
Heriot-Watt University
Highlands and Islands, University of the
Queen Margaret University College
Robert Gordon University, The
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, The
Scottish Rural College (SRUC)
St Andrews, The University of
Stirling, The University of
Strathclyde, The University of
West of Scotland, The University of

Other UK Higher Education institutions

Aberystwyth University
Anglia Ruskin University
Arts University College Bournemouth
Aston University
Bangor University
Bath Spa University
Bath, The University of
Bedfordshire, University of
Belfast, The Queen’s University of
Birkbeck, University of London
Birmingham City University
Birmingham, The University of
Birmingham, University College
Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
Bolton, University of
Bournemouth University
Bradford, The University of
Brighton, The University of
Bristol, The University of
Brunel University
Buckinghamshire College of HE
Cambridge, The University of
Canterbury Christ Church College
Cardiff University
Central Lancashire, The University of
Central School of Speech and Drama
Chester, University of
Chichester University of
City University, London
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
Courtauld Institute of Art
Coventry University
Cranfield University
Creative Arts, University for the
Cumbria, University of
De Montfort University
Derby, University of
Durham, University of
East Anglia, The University of
East London, The University of
Edge Hill University
Essex, The University of
Exeter, The University of
Falmouth, University College
Glamorgan, University of
Gloucestershire, University of
Glyndwr University
Goldsmiths, University of London
Greenwich, The University of
Harper Adams Agricultural College
Hertfordshire, University of
Homerton College
Huddersfield, The University of
Hull, The University of
Imperial College of London
Institute of Cancer Research, The
Keele, The University of
Kent at Canterbury, The University of
King’s College London
Kingston University
Lancaster, The University of
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds Trinity University College
Leeds, The University of
Leicester, The University of
Lincoln, The University of
Liverpool Hope University College
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, The University of
London Business School
London Metropolitan University
London School of Economics and Political Science
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London South Bank University
Loughborough University
Manchester Metropolitan University, The
Manchester, The University of
Mary’s University College
Middlesex University London
Newcastle University
Newman College
Northampton, University of
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Northumbria University
Norwich University College of the Arts
Nottingham Trent University, The
Nottingham, The University of
Open University, The
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, The University of
Plymouth, The University of
Portsmouth, The University of
Ravensbourne (College)
Reading, The University of
Roehampton, University of
Rose Bruford College
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Agricultural College
Royal College of Art
Royal College of Music
Royal Northern College of Music
Royal Veterinary College, The
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Salford, The University of
School of Oriental and African Studies, The
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, The University of
Southampton Solent University
Southampton, The University of
St George’s, Hospital Medical School
St Mark and St John, College of
St Mary’s University College
Staffordshire University
Stranmillis University College
Sunderland, The University of,
Surrey, The University of
Sussex, The University of
Swansea Metropolitan College
Swansea University
Teesside, The University of
the Arts, London University of
Trinity College of Music
Ulster, University of
University College London
University of London (Central Institutes and activities)
University of London, Institute of Education
University of London, Queen Mary
University of London, Royal Holloway
Wales Institute, Cardiff, University of
Wales, Newport, University of
Wales, Trinity Saint David, University of
Warwick, The University of
West London, University of
West of England, Bristol, University of the
Westminster, The University of
Wimbledon College of Art
Winchester, University of
Wolverhampton, The University of
Worcester, University of
Writtle College
York St John University
York, The University of

Other

Non Scottish FE College
Other non-UK institution
Other private body in the UK
Other public body in the UK
Other UK institution

Unknown

42. Files should only be returned to SFC via the SecureShare site by 30 June 2024. If you need access to your college’s site, please contact Steve Riddell on 0131 313 6685 or sriddell@sfc.ac.uk. Please do not e-mail CLD data.
43. Please refer to Annex B for a process flowchart of timings for the CLD collection.
44. The following naming convention should be used for the CLD files returned to SFC:

• College NameCLD2223 – e.g. Borders College would read ‘BordersCLD2223’.

See main College Leaver Destinations Guidance 2022-23 or Annex A Sample Questionnaire for the sample questionnaire.