Student record 2015/16 - Research council student identifier
Student record 2015/16Fields common to all countriesResearch council student identifier | return to field list |
| Type | field |
| Short name | RCSTDID |
| Description |
This field contains the Personal identifier (PID) generated by the Research Councils for students whom they fund. |
| Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
| Coverage | Optional for all instances where Instance.RCSTDNT does not equal 99 and Instance.REDUCEDI = 00, 01 or 04 |
| Notes |
This field records the Personal identifier issued by the Je-S (Joint electronic System) used since December 2004 to capture student and researcher details by the Research Councils. Identifiers can be obtained from the Je-S Person details screens on the Je-S Portal. Two formats are in use. Only personal identifiers in either the 7 character format XnnnnnC or the 8 character format XnnnnnnC where X is an alpha character, n is numeric and C is an alpha check digit, should be returned. |
| Quality rules |
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| Reason required |
To allow linking of HESA data to that held by the Research Councils. |
| Part of | |
| Field length | 8 |
| Minimum occurrences | 0 |
| Maximum occurrences | 1 |
| Schema components |
Element: RCSTDID
Data type: RCSTDIDType |
| Related fields | |
| Owner | The Research Councils |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Date modified | 2015-09-24 |
| Change management notes | Coverage amended to add Instance.REDUCEDI valid entry 01, as this field is required when reduced return Type 01 (Low credit bearing) is used for an instance. |
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