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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2011/12 - Postdoctoral research contract - Derived from Q3 and Q4

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Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2011/12

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Postdoctoral research contract - Derived from Q3 and Q4


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Typefield
Short namePOSTDOC
Description

This field identifies if the HE leaver was employed on a postdoctoral research contract.

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All HE leavers where the qualification completed is a doctorate.

QuestionDerived from Q3. What was your job title? and Q4. Briefly describe your duties (e.g. maintaining and updating company intranet).
Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
1Yes
2No
3Unable to code
Notes

The information captured relates to what the HE leaver considers to be their MAIN job.

In the Student return, doctorates are identified as (QualificationsAwarded.QUAL): 'D00', 'D01' and 'E00'.

Code 3 'Unable to code' can only be used when the institution is unable to infer whether the HE leaver was employed on a postdoctoral research contract.

Required for valid responseNo
To be asked of third partyNot applicable as derived from the response to another question
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Reason required

To identify those leavers who are employed on postdoctoral research contracts.

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Field length1
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: POSTDOC
Based onNew field
OwnerRCUK
Version1.2
Date modified2011-12-06
Change management notes'To be asked of third party' updated to clarify that this is derived from another field

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