Staff in UK Higher Education

HESA publication 'Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12' released today

Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 shows that there were 181,385 academic staff employed at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on 1 December 2011. 65.0% of academic staff were employed full-time, and 63.8% were employed on permanent or open-ended contracts.

The graphic below shows the proportions of academic staff employed on different types of contract:

55.5% of academic staff were men, and 44.5% women. 28.5% of male academic staff were employed part-time compared to 43.2% of women. A higher proportion of women were also employed on fixed-term contracts. Just under a half (48.5%) of academic staff were employed on full-time permanent or open-ended contracts.

The table below shows the number of academic staff by gender, mode of employment and terms of employment.

Publication

Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 is a downloadable publication which includes comprehensive data on HE staff broken down by demographic and contract characteristics. Staff in Higher Education Institutions 2011/12 is available to purchase now from http://www.hesa.ac.uk/pubs.

The introduction to the publication is published online and includes further graphs and data tables.

A schedule of HESA releases for 2013 can be found here: http://www.hesa.ac.uk/pubs_schedule

Notes for Editors

1. Press enquiries should be directed to:

   Simon Kemp
   HESA Press Officer
   01242 211120
   pressoffice@hesa.ac.uk
   95 Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1HZ.

2. In the above data and annex tables 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of 5.
3. Percentage calculations exclude unknown values.
4. Atypical staff are not included in the data tables.
5. Staff of indeterminate gender, plus those whose gender is not known, are included in the total figures of each table but not shown separately. These staff are excluded from the graphic.
6. HESA staff data is collected from all publicly funded Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK, plus the University of Buckingham, which is a non-publicly-funded institution. The 2010/11 data covers 164 HEIs (131 in England, 11 in Wales, 18 in Scotland and 4 in Northern Ireland).
7. HESA cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived from the data by third parties.
8. Equivalent tables for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found in the Annex below.
9. Definitions of the terms used in this press release can be found on-line here: http://www.hesa.ac.uk/intros/staffdefs1112

Annex - equivalent tables for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland