Qualifications/Degrees and relevant Experience

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Adding the Details
Other Relevant Experience (An entry in this field will ‘switch off’ the need to enter a mandatory first degree for a particular candidate).  
Notes on degrees and relevant experience

Adding the Awarding Organisation:

If the Student has created a Je-S Account and provided information about their qualifications as part of the account set up then this information will be populated. However very few students will have had reason to create an account so this information should be added by the Research Organisation

Select , and then.

Click on Select Organisation to search for the Research Organisation that awarded the qualification. Searching for non academic or non-UK organisations may only display the Parent Organisation address, with further options being available within the department list. After searching, click on any part of a row to select that organisation onto the form If you cannot find the organisation please email the Je-S Helpdesk: JeSHelp@je-s.ukri.org to request that the organisation be added to the System database.

Year Awarded: Select from the Drop Down list

Qualification level: Select the radio button to select the qualification level (Undergraduate, Postgraduate/Masters or Higher/Doctorate).

Qualification Type:Select from the drop down list. The list contains the most used categories but if the one required is not available to select then use the most appropriate from either Foreign, Other not listed or Not yet known.

Qualification Subject:

The details can be populated by entering a keyword in the search box and selecting the Search option (1) eg Geo:

Or by (2) which will display:

(3) Depending on what has been selected at either (1) or (2) it should be further refined from the drop down list which will be displayed.

Qualification Class:

Select from the drop down list. The list contains the most used categories but if the category required is not available to select then use the most appropriate from either Foreign, Other or Not yet known.

Qualification Description: This is only a mandatory section if the Qualification level of Higher /Doctorate is selected. Maximum of 255 characters (including spaces and returns).

Select the “Save” option at the bottom of the screen to save the information you have entered. You will now be returned to the Add Qualifications section to add further qualifications. The completed details can also be Edited or Deleted. When all the Qualifications have been added return to the Degrees/Relevant Experience section:

Please indicate in the box at the side of each qualification if the qualification is relevant to the student’s current programme of study eg if the student has more than one degree, the information that was used to help determine the suitability of the student for their doctoral studies.

Either relevant Qualifications or relevant Experience must be specified

Other Relevant Experience:

Other relevant experience is research or research-related experience of relevance to the student's suitability to undertake the project.

Number of Years: Enter a numeric value

Description of experience: Maximum of 1000 characters (including spaces and returns)

Select the “Save” option from the top of the screen, which will save the information you have added to the Je-S form.