The USR consists of records of undergraduate students on courses of one academic year or more; postgraduate students on courses of one academic year or more; academic and related staff holding regular salaried appointments, and finance data for all UK universities. (i) Personal and academic information: sex; date of birth; nationality; date of first recruitment to UK university service; nature of qualifications; degrees obtained. (ii) Annual information: university; employment in previous year; method, function and grade of employment; academic discipline; cost centre; salary structure; salary (5000 pounds stirling bands); clinical or non-clinical rates; source of finance; type of superannuation; degrees obtained in current year. (iii) Leavers' details: destination on leaving university service (type of employment, retirement, etc.); date of leaving; whether pension supplemented (if retiring).