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Staff Record 2012/13 - Early career researcher status

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Staff Record 2012/13

Fields required from institutions in Scotland

Early career researcher status


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Typefield
Short nameECRSTAT
Description

This field records the early career researcher status of staff

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All staff where any (Contract.ACEMPFUN is coded 2 or 3 and Contract.TERMS is coded 1 or 2) and Person.RESAST is not 1.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
1Early career researcher
2Not an early career researcher
Notes

Early career researchers (ECRs) are defined in the Assessment framework and guidance on submissions pages 17-21.

Staff who have left the HEI prior to 31 July in the reporting period, and will therefore not be in post on the REF census date, should be recorded as 2 'Not an early career researcher'.

This field should be completed for staff in post in 2012/13 with reference to the REF definitions and census date.

Any queries on this field should be addressed to [email protected].

Quality rules
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
Reason required

To support the Research Excellence Framework (REF)

Part of
Field length1
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: ECRSTAT
Based onNew field
OwnerHEFCE
Version1.5
Date modified2013-08-08
Change management notesBusiness rule 1 updated to clarify that the restriction on Person.RESAST only applies when the field is returned.

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