Estates management 2016/17 - Research not offices NIA
Estates management 2016/17Fields required from institutions in All fieldsResearch not offices NIA | return to field list |
Type | field |
Short name | SMNIARE |
Description |
This field contains data about the Net Internal Area (NIA) of research space (not offices). The value can be recorded to three decimal places. |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All higher education providers (HEPs). |
Unit | Square metre (m²) |
Notes |
This field forms part of the calculation for Research NIA total, which is mandatory for HE providers in England, Northern Ireland or Wales. This field records the NIA of core research space, which does not comprise offices. This includes:
Where the associated costs, such as waste and energy cannot be separately identified for a commercial space area, NIA for the commercial space area should be included in the EMR under Total NIA commercial space (SMGIACT). Providers should return the commercial space area as per other areas under the appropriate space measurement field, in this case Research not offices NIA. Providers should also return the space under Total NIA commercial space. This way, the total commercial space area can be distinguished from Total NIA. |
Mandatory for | |
Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
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Part of | |
Field length | 11 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: SMNIARE
Data type: LENGTH11DECIMAL3Type |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.0 |
Change management notes | Guidance updated to highlight this forms part of the calculation for a mandatory field for providers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Guidance also amended to clarify when the NIA of commercial space should and shouldn’t be included in the EMR. |
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