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Why are there two payscales for Grade 7: RES7 and RESFEL7?
The existence of both payscales on X5 is a result of bringing into line the wider University payscales a few years ago.
RES7 includes "ghost" points (points where the grades historically skipped a level), and RESFEL7 does not. New appointees are placed on the scale based on their experience and qualifications for the post: ghost points do not come into consideration when making a new appointment or for regradings. They only apply when working out subsequent incremental salary progression. So, for new staff (i.e. for Fellowships), Research Associates should be costed on RESFEL7 without ghost points.
For costing un-named staff where we do not know if they will be a regrade or new appointment on research projects, we suggest RES7 to be sure that no under costing will occur in the event of a regrade.