Student 2020/21 - Research council student identifier
Student 2020/21Fields required from institutions in All fieldsResearch 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. |
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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 |
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