Overview: UCT roles and Researcher Profile and Scholarly Outputs roles

Introduction

There are two functional roles within the Researcher Profile and Scholarly Outputs modules in the UCT Research Portal website, namely:

Researcher filled by UCT academic staff (and in certain approved cases by postgraduate students)
Proxy filled by UCT PASS staff (and in certain approved cases by postgraduate students)

UCT roles and system/functional roles

UCT role	System role	Description
Academic staff (permanent and T-contract)	Researcher (Researcher Profile holder)	All UCT academic staff are assigned a researcher profile on the UCT Research Portal website by default and do not need to request access. Access to the UCT Research Portal website is by means of their UCT network credentials. Academic staff may: appoint a UCT PASS staff member, a current UCT student, another UCT academic staff member or a third party as a proxy to manage their profile on their behalf. add a proxy to manage their profile on their behalf and add as many proxies as they require. delete proxies, if necessary.
Non-academic (PASS) staff (permanent and T-contract) and third parties	Proxy	Proxies may be UCT non-academic (PASS) staff, current UCT students, other UCT academic staff or third parties. Once assigned as a proxy, access to the UCT Research Portal website is by means of their UCT network credentials. Proxies may not create proxies. The proxy is responsible for populating content for all other sections of the Researcher Profile other than the basic pre-populated information already saved by default.
Student (undergraduate, postgraduate, Postdoctoral fellow or occasional student)	Proxy Note: Postgraduate students could also be a researcher on request and if approved.	Students do not have default access to the Researcher Profile and Scholarly Outputs modules. Students may be authorised to access these modules as a proxy by an academic. Once a student has been assigned as a proxy, they can access the UCT Research Portal website by means of their UCT network credentials. Postgraduate students may also have their own researcher profile, if their supervisor applies on their behalf for their researcher profile to be created via the Research Office (external link).