Staff Record 2013/14 - Cost centre
Staff Record 2013/14All fieldsCost centre | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | CCENTRE |
Description | This field identifies the cost centre to which the contract is assigned |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All contract activity records |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes | Each contract must have at least one activity, an associated cost centre and a proportion (Activity.ACTSOC, Activity.CCENTRE and Activity.CCPROP). The activity associated with a contract defines the role of the staff member and the cost centre indicates where that activity takes place within the HEI. Further information on Coding activities and cost centres is available under the 'Further guidance' section of the manual. It is possible that two of the cost centre fields have the same value if staff are undertaking more than one activity as part of the contract, but both in the same cost centre. It is possible for staff on academic contracts to be assigned to Professional Services cost centres (201 to 206) and vice-versa. Cost centre 202 'Central administration & services' should be used for academic staff on contracts which are not assignable to departmental academic cost centres. Cost centre 201 'Total academic services' This includes centralised academic services such as libraries, learning resource centres and central computer rooms which are not operated by or specific to academic departments. This cost centre may also include museums, galleries and observatories which are not run by specific academic departments but are used for academic purposes. Cost centres 202 'Central administration & services' and 204 'Staff & student facilities' This includes central administration, general educational and staff and student facilities and amenities. Cost centre 202 'Central administration & services' includes central administrative staff and Heads of Institutions, Professors, Deans, Tutors, Faculty Officers and the like in respect of central (as distinct from departmental) administrative work. This category also includes the running of an administrative computer and the following other functions if not attributed to their relevant cost centre; public relations, advertising and recruitment, publications (excluding educational publications), advisors, organisation and methods unit, security of wages, legal and audit, general insurance not included elsewhere and telephony where centrally managed. Cost centre 204 'Staff & student facilities' includes the provision of facilities and amenities for the use of students and/or staff e.g. Careers Advisory Service, student societies, wardens of halls of residence, accommodation office, athletic and sporting facilities (excluding maintenance) and the institution's health service. Cost centre 205 'Premises' This includes all maintenance of premises (including academic buildings, central academic services, art centres, institution's health service premises, pavilions, sports buildings, etc) and on roads and grounds except residences and catering. Staff concerned with building maintenance, including estates administrative staff, are included in this category. Cost centre 206 'Residences & catering' This includes providing the residence, catering and any conference operations, including the maintenance of residential and catering premises. Further information about cost centres can be found in the HESA circular. |
Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
|
Reason required | To analyse the deployment of staff and make comparisons with other HESA returns |
Part of | |
Field length | 3 |
Minimum occurrences | 1 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: CCENTRE
Data type: CCENTRECodeContentType |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.0 |
Change management notes | Additional guidance added to the Notes section, highlighting that further information on Coding activities and cost centres is available under the 'Further guidance' section of the manual. |
Contact Liaison by email or on +44 (0)1242 388 531.