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- Human resources in science and technology (HRST) would ideally refer to the human resources actually or potentially devoted to the systematic generation, advancement, diffusion and application of scientific and technological knowledge. HRST are people who fulfil at least one of the following conditions:
a) successfully completed tertiary education (according to ISCED classification)
b) employed in science and technology (S&T) occupations (all people working in ISCO major group 2 and 3 can be considered as human resources in science and technology)
People can be HRST on the basis of either a renewable event (occupation; HRSTO) or a nonrenewable one (education; HRSTE). Once people have successfully completed education at the third level they are HRST for life, whatever their occupation. The situation is different for people who are HRST on the basis of their current occupation, without being formally qualified. Their status as HRST ends as soon as they change to an occupation outside S&T, retire, become unemployed or inactive. They will become HRST again if they subsequently take up another S&T job. The ̒core group̕ (HRSTC) is made up of people who have a university-level degree and are working in science and technology occupations.
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Statistical metainformation system
