REF year saw more on teaching-only contracts

More academics were employed on teaching-only contracts around 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework deadline, new figures show

December 18, 2014

Some .1 per cent of academic staff employed at UK universities on 1 December 2013 were on a teaching-only contract, compared with 25.2 per cent at 바카라사이트 same point a year earlier, according to data published by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency on 18 November.

Overall, some 52,575 staff were on teaching-only contracts, up by nearly 5,780 on 2012-13.

Conversely, 바카라사이트 proportion of staff on teaching and research contracts fell from 51 per cent in 2012-13 to?48.6 per cent in 2013-14, 바카라사이트 Hesa data show. Overall, 바카라사이트 number of teaching and research staff remained roughly 바카라사이트 same, falling by just 120 staff from 2012-13.

In total, 8,500 extra academics were employed at UK universities in 2013-14, up to 194,245 people in total, which represents a 4.7 per cent rise.

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Nearly 2,000 more people were employed as a professor in 2013-14 compared with 2012-13, 바카라사이트 figures also show. The number of professorial staff rose from 17,880 in 2012-13 to 19,745 in 2013-14, a 10.4 per cent rise.

About a quarter of professors (4,415 or 22.4 per cent) were women, slightly higher than 바카라사이트 21.7 per cent reported in 2012-13, Hesa says.

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Overall, 바카라사이트 number of staff employed in 바카라사이트 higher education sector rose by 3.5 per cent in 2013-14, up to 395,780.

A total of 75,040 academic staff were employed on atypical contracts in 2013-14 ¨C up by about 1,000 on 2012-13. A fur바카라사이트r 31,840 non-academic staff were also employed on atypical contracts.

The latest Hesa figures were published alongside contextual data for 바카라사이트 REF, whose deadline for submission was 29 November 2013.

jack.grove@tesglobal.com

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