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Staff Record 2012/13 - Academic employment function

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Staff Record 2012/13

Fields required from institutions in Wales

Academic employment function


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Typefield
Short nameACEMPFUN
Description

This field records the employment function of the contract for staff with contracts in SOC2010 Major Groups 1-3

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All contracts where Activity.ACTSOC is in SOC2010 Major Groups 1, 2 or 3.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
1Academic contract that is teaching only
2Academic contract that is research only
3Academic contract that is both teaching and research
4Not an academic contract
9Academic contract that is neither teaching nor research
Notes

This field should show the employment function for the contract at the return date or the end date of the contract if earlier. The employment function relates to the contract of employment and not to the actual work undertaken.

Code 1 'Academic contract that is teaching only' applies only to contracts indicating that staff are teaching only.

Code 2 'Academic contract that is research only' should be used for those contracts where the primary academic employment function is research only, even though the contract may include a limited number of hours teaching (up to 6 hours per week or pro-rata for part-time staff). This code is particularly important for institutions in Scotland, as SFC has a specific need to monitor Contract Research Staff (CRS).

Staff coded 1 'Academic contract that is teaching only' , 4 'Not an academic contract', or 9 'Academic contract that is neither teaching nor research' are not eligible to be submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF). Staff coded 2 'Academic contract that is research only' and 3 'Academic contract that is both teaching and research' may be eligible for submission to the REF and the distinction between codes 2 and 3 does not have any impact on their eligibility.

If a contract is for both academic and non-academic work then the appropriate code from 1 to 3 should only be used where the primary employment function is teaching and/or research.

Code 9 'Academic contract that is neither teaching nor research' should be used for academic contracts where the primary employment function is not teaching and/or research.

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Reason required

To enable the identification of academic staff and to split those who are either teaching or research

Part of
Field length1
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: ACEMPFUN
Based onC11025 ACEMPFUN
OwnerHESA
Version1.2
Date modified2012-05-14
Change management notesCoverage of the field changed to acknowledge the inclusion of non-academic atypical staff in the collection.

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