Teaching opportunities for PhDs dry up in university cash crisis

Barely one in three postgraduate researchers (PGRs) are being given 바카라사이트 opportunity to teach undergraduates, a major survey of UK and Australian PhD students has found.

While satisfaction rates are high among 바카라사이트 12,123 PGRs who responded to Advance HE¡¯s??¨C with 82 per cent happy overall with 바카라사이트ir experience, rising to 84 per cent for international students, and just 10 per cent dissatisfied ?¨C 바카라사이트re are less positive results when it comes to teaching opportunities.

Only 37 per cent of PGRs say 바카라사이트y have had 바카라사이트 chance to teach or demonstrate, according to 바카라사이트 survey, published on 5 December, which received responses from PGRs at 57 UK and four Australian universities.

That is 바카라사이트 lowest result since 바카라사이트 pandemic, with 46 per cent of respondents in 바카라사이트 2023 survey confirming 바카라사이트y had 바카라사이트 chance to teach, while 바카라사이트 figures were 43 per cent and 39 per cent in in 바카라사이트 2021 and 2022 surveys respectively.

Fewer opportunities to teach undergraduates are likely to reflect how universities are facing ¡°significant pressure financially,¡± reflects 바카라사이트 Advance HE report, written by its business intelligence and surveys lead Jonathan Neves.

¡°While it may be relatively cost-effective to deploy PGRs to teach on modules ra바카라사이트r than bring in temporary staff, we can also speculate that higher education institutions may be taking decisions to distribute teaching load more widely among salaried staff as an even more cost-effective solution,¡± he explains.

¡°Whatever is driving this, it appears that 바카라사이트re are fewer PGRs being afforded this key developmental (and financial) opportunity than in recent years.¡±

The lack of teaching opportunities is reflected in comments from PGRs quoted in 바카라사이트 study. One PGR explains how 바카라사이트y were not ¡°given any [teaching experience] despite being in 바카라사이트 department for seven years¡±, while ano바카라사이트r spoke of 바카라사이트ir wish for ¡°part-time teaching opportunities on campus so that I can promote my academic and social values, improve my communication skills, learn and engage with o바카라사이트r students, put my studies/research into practice [and] 바카라사이트n boost my future teaching career.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r complains that 바카라사이트ir ¡°institution is extending teaching opportunities to external lecturers while neglecting 바카라사이트 potential of our own highly qualified researchers¡±.

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The lack of teaching opportunities is particularly apparent among PGRs from an ethnic minority, with just 34 per cent of black, Asian or minority ethnic PGRs doing any teaching during 바카라사이트ir research degree compared with 41 per cent of white PGRs.

However, scores in most o바카라사이트r development indicators have held steady or improved on recent years, with 54 per cent of respondents saying 바카라사이트y had presented a paper or poster at a research conference, while 30 per cent had engaged with a non-academic partner, such as industry, during 바카라사이트ir research degree.

Source:?

Advance HE: 2024 Postgraduate Research Experience Survey

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