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Staff 2018/19 - Research assistant

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Staff 2018/19

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Research assistant


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Typefield
Short nameRESAST
Description

This field records whether or not the member of staff is a research assistant

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All staff where Contract.ACEMPFUN is coded 2 and Contract.TERMS is coded 1 or 2.

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
0Not a research assistant
1Research assistant
Notes

Research assistants are defined in the Guidance on submissions, pages 32-33.

Research assistants (sometimes also described as postdoctoral research assistants, research associates or assistant researchers) as defined in the REF guidance, are not eligible to be returned to the REF unless, exceptionally, they meet the definition of an independent researcher on the census date and satisfy the definition of Category A eligible staff.

Quality rules
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Part of
Field length1
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: RESAST
OwnerUKRI
Version1.1
Date modified2019-03-27
Change management notesGuidance has been updated following the publication 'Guidance for submissions' by Research England.

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