Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2014/15 - Postdoctoral research contract - Derived from Q3 and Q4
Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Record 2014/15All fieldsPostdoctoral research contract - Derived from Q3 and Q4 | return to field list | valid entries |
| Type | field |
| Short name | POSTDOC |
| Description | This data item identifies if the HE leaver was employed on a postdoctoral research contract. |
| Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
| Coverage | All HE leavers where the qualification completed is a doctorate. |
| Question | Derived from Q3. What was your job title? (If self-employed, freelance, or on a post-doctoral contract please record this in your job title e.g. self-employed musician.) and Q4. What did you mainly do in your job? |
| Valid entries and labels | |
| Notes | The information captured relates to what the HE leaver considers to be their MAIN job. In the Student record, doctorates are identified as (QualificationsAwarded.QUAL): 'D00', 'D01' and 'E00'. Code 3 'Unable to code' can only be used when the higher education provider is unable to infer whether the HE leaver was employed on a postdoctoral research contract. |
| Required for valid response | No |
| To be asked of third party | Not applicable as derived from the response to another question |
| Quality rules |
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| Reason required | To identify those leavers who are employed on postdoctoral research contracts. |
| Part of | |
| Field length | 1 |
| Minimum occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum occurrences | 1 |
| Schema components |
Element: POSTDOC
Data type: POSTDOCCodeContentType |
| Owner | RCUK |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Date modified | 2015-03-05 |
| Change management notes | The question has been changed as per the 'Notification of changes for 2014/15' documentation. The question now clarifies that HE leavers on a post-doctoral contract should record this in the job title. |
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