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Press release 111

 
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RELEASE:

09:30 hours
Monday 14
May 2007

Press release 111

LATEST HE STAFF DATA
Gender balance remains tilted towards males in senior academic roles

HESA’s Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2005/06 shows that academic staff numbers increased by 2.6% in 2005/06, with a total of 164,875 academic staff employed, up from 160,655 in 2004/05. The latest HESA data shows 111,410 staff were employed full-time, accounting for 67.6% of staff in 2005/06. In the previous year, 109,625 academic staff were employed full-time, 68.2% of total staff numbers.

There were 190,540 non-academic staff in 2005/06 compared to 185,650 the year before. This is a rise of 2.6%, reversing a fall of 1.2% in 2004/05. 66.4% (126,510) of non-academic staff were employed full-time compared to 67.2% (124,820) in 2004/05.

The proportion of full-time female academic staff rose slightly from 36.1% in 2004/05 per cent to 36.6% in 2005/06. Full-time female academics account for around 42% of staff members at lecturer, researchers and other grades. At the grade of 'senior lecturers & researchers’ females are 30.8% of full-time staff, while at professorial level just over 1 in 6 full-time staff are female. Compared to 2004/05 figures there has been a small increase in the proportion of females at professor and ‘senior lecturer & researcher’ level, while at other levels the split in gender has remained almost static.


Full-time academic staff by grade and gender in 2005/06
  Female   Male   Total   Female
2005/06
(%)		   Females
2004/05
(%)
                     
Professors 2320   11730   14050   16.5   15.8
Senior lecturers & researchers 7575   17015   24590   30.8   29
Lecturers 14900   20075   34975   42.6   41.8
Researchers 12330   16930   29260   42.1   42.2
Other grades 3620   4915   8540   42.4   42.5
Total 40745   70665   111410   36.6   36.1

Altogether 355,415 academic and non-academic staff were employed in 2005/06. Of these, 190,540 were non-academic staff. Non-academic staff have been grouped into three categories: ‘managerial, professional and technical’ of which there are 76,405 staff; clerical staff who numbered 69,485; and 44,645 manual staff.

Additionally there were 80,930 academic staff and 84,630 non-academic staff employed on an atypical basis. Atypical staff are those who are working less than four consecutive weeks, doing short one-off tasks or work as-and-when required, e.g. student demonstrators or staging an exhibition.

89.7% of (non-atypical) staff reported their ethnicity and overall 9.6% of staff stated they belonged to an ethnic minority group. The percentage of staff for whom ethnicity data is known showed some variance between staff groups and mode of employment, but was over 80% for each group. Among staff of known ethnicity, the proportion of non-white ethnic groups represented 11.5% of known ethnicity full-time academic staff, compared to 7.8% of known ethnicity full-time non-academic staff. For academic and non-academic staff who worked part-time and whose ethnicity was known, 8.8% and 10.6% respectively were from a non-white ethnic group.


All staff by ethnicity and mode of employment 2005/06
  Total   Staff of
known
ethnicity		   Staff of
known
ethnicity
as a
percentage
of total
staff		   Ethic
minority
staff		   Ethnic
minority
staff
as a
percentage
of staff
of known
ethnicity
                   
All staff (excluding atypical) 355415   318740   89.70%   30520   9.60%
                   
Academic staff 164875   145915   88.50%   15550   10.70%
Full-time 111410   101425   91.00%   11635   11.50%
Part-time 53465   44490   83.20%   3910   8.80%
                   
Non-academic staff total 190540   172825   90.70%   14970   8.70%
Full-time 126510   116705   92.30%   9045   7.80%
Part-time 64030   56120   87.60%   5925   10.60%
                   
Managerial, professional and technical staff 76405   70290   92.00%   5085   7.20%
Full-time 62595   57795   92.30%   4190   7.30%
Part-time 13815   12500   90.50%   895   7.10%
Clerical staff 69485   64085   92.20%   5690   8.90%
Full-time 43950   41290   94.00%   3635   8.80%
Part-time 25540   22795   89.30%   2050   9.00%  
Manual staff 44645   38450   86.10%   4195   10.90%
Full-time 19965   17620   88.30%   1215   6.90%  
Part-time 24680   20825   84.40%   2980   14.30%
                   
Atypical staff 165560   79015   47.70%   12370   15.70%
Academic 80930   34960   43.20%   4105   11.70%
Non-academic 84630   44055   52.10%   8265   18.80%
Managerial, professional and technical staff 25505   14300   56.10%   2055   14.40%
Clerical staff 41370   19955   48.20%   4080   20.40%
Manual staff 17755   9795   55.20%   2135   21.80%

Notes to editors

  1. Press enquiries should be directed to:
    Greg Wells
    HESA Press Officer
    01242 211133
    press.office@hesa.ac.uk
    95 Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1HZ.

  2. When using this material please credit HESA’s Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2005/06 publication.

  3. Academic staff are those who are responsible for planning, directing and undertaking academic teaching and research within HE institutions. They also include vice-chancellors, medical practitioners, dentists, veterinarians and other health care professionals who undertake lecturing or research activities.
  4. Non-academic staff include managers, non-academic professionals, student welfare workers, secretaries, caretakers and cleaners.
  5. Atypical staff are those who are working less than four consecutive weeks, doing short one-off tasks or work as-and-when required. Examples could include answering phones during clearing, staging an exhibition, organising a conference, conference catering, student ambassadors and student demonstrators. Unless otherwise stated references to staff refer to non-atypical staff.
  6. Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2005/06 is published annually by HESA. It is available to purchase from HESA Customer Services as a combined book and CD-ROM for £50 plus £5.95 VAT. For more information telephone 01242 211155 or see the details of Resources of Higher Education Institutions 2005/06 on our products page.
  7. HESA advise you to take into account the data definitions when examining the data. These can be found at PR111 Definitions on the next page of this article.

ENDS


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