Description
A code which uniquely identifies an organisational unit in which the current duties of a member of staff are being performed
Details
| Version: |
1.1 |
| First year: |
2009 |
| Last year: |
2009 |
| Field name: |
ORG-UNIT |
| Element name: |
Organisational unit code |
Code format:
| Data Type: |
Alphanumeric |
| Units: |
Code (alphanumeric), left justified, with trailing blanks if needed |
| Width: |
4 |
Classification
Academic Organisational Unit:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 1XXX |
“XXX” is the code for an academic organisational unit. These three characters must be consistent with the codes used for academic organisational units reported in the Higher Education Student Collection. |
Academic support services organisational units:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 2100 |
Libraries |
| 2200 |
Computing centres |
| 2300 |
Educational research and development centres |
| 2400 |
External studies centres (excluding academic functions) |
| 2500 |
Audio-visual and media centres |
| 2900 |
Other academic support services |
Student services organisational units:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 3900 |
Student services (incl. health services, counselling and accommodation services and student residences, employment services, student loans/scholarships/assistance services and other student services |
Public services organisational unit:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 4900 |
Public services (incl. adult education, continuing education, public broadcasting services and other public services) |
General higher education provider services organisational units:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 5100 |
Administration and overhead services |
| 5200 |
Buildings, plant and grounds |
| 5300 |
Cleaning services |
| 5400 |
Security and caretaker services |
| 5900 |
Other general higher education providers services |
| 5910 |
CRC (Cooperative Research Centres) |
Independent operations which are controlled entities:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 6100 |
Computing services |
| 6200 |
Research, development, testing or consultancy services |
| 6900 |
Other independent operations which are controlled entities |
Coding notes
The following additional codes are used in the department's datasets but are NOT to be used by higher education providers:
| CODE |
MEANING |
| 999999 |
No Information |
Please refer to the Glossary for further information about terminology used in this document.
Input files
Higher Education Staff:
Change History
Details of all versions of this data element can be found on its supporting information page.
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