Introduction - Resources 2002/03
This publication is one of four reference volumes published annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). HESA is a company limited by guarantee, and is owned by the United Kingdom (UK) higher education sector through the representative bodies Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals. HESA collects data from publicly funded higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK on behalf of funding bodies and government departments, in a framework underpinned by legislation.
This volume brings together information about the finances and the staff of HEIs during the academic year 2002/03, that is, the period 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003. It covers data supplied by 171 HEIs (133 in England, 141 in Wales, 20 in Scotland, 4 in Northern Ireland). The data collection procedure is uniform across all institutions, regardless of size, nature, and location. Tabulations are included which record and analyse income and expenditure, and the characteristics of staff, at the institutional level.
The other reference volumes published by HESA are as follows.
Students in Higher Education Institutions. This volume draws on HESA’s collection of data about students in HEIs. It includes information at the institutional level about entry qualifications, programmes taken, and outcomes, together with background variables such as age, gender, ethnicity, social class, and disability data on HE provision in further education colleges (FECs) is not included in this volume except for students funded indirectly through HEIs, in which case it is reported by the HEI through which funding passes.
Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Institutions. This volume draws on the newly introduced Destination of Leavers (DLHE) survey, the successor to the First Destinations Supplement (FDS), and provides information about patterns of employment and further study or training at a point about six months after completion. DLHE covers leavers from part-time as well as full-time courses, a major extension relative to FDS.
Higher Education Statistics for the United Kingdom. This is the only HESA reference volume that currently falls within the National Statistics framework, and it accordingly carries the National Statistics logo as well as that of HESA. It provides an overview of higher education in the UK from a statistical perspective, including statistics about applications, participation, institutional finance, staffing, student awards, and loans. To achieve this broad coverage, this volume draws on data collected by other bodies as well as HESA, and in particular includes some information about directly funded HE provision in FECs.
HESA also publishes annually two Statistical First Releases within the National Statistics framework; the Higher Education Management Statistics at sector and (on CD) institutional level; detailed data for institutional planning purposes on CD (HE Planning Plus and HE Finance Plus); and occasional Research Datapacks. The HESA Information Provision Service exists to meet more specialist needs of data users on a bespoke basis.
Data protection
Due to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Human Rights Act 1998, HESA implements a strategy in published and released tabulations designed to prevent the disclosure of personal information about any individual. These tabulations are derived from the HESA non-statutory populations and may differ slightly from those published by related statutory bodies. This strategy involves rounding all numbers to the nearest 5. A summary of this strategy is as follows:
- 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0
- All other numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
So for example 3 is represented as 5, 22 is represented as 20, 3286 is represented as 3285 while 0, 20, 55, 3510 remain unchanged.
This rounding strategy is also applied to total figures; the consequence of which is that the sum of numbers in each row or column will rarely match the total shown precisely. Note that subject level data calculated by apportionment will also be rounded in accordance with this strategy.
Average values, proportions and FTE values prepared by HESA will not usually be affected by the above strategy, and will be calculated on precise raw numbers. However, tabulations derived from the New Aggregate Staff Record (Tables 17 and 18) will be rounded. Percentages calculated on populations which contain less than 50 individuals will be suppressed and represented as '..' as will averages based on populations of 7 or less.
Format of publications
During the period leading up to the cycle of publications based on 2002/03 data, HESA has consulted widely about the use made of its publications and the changes users would like to see. This has confirmed that extensive use is made of these publications and that there are no tables within them that could be removed without loss. Indeed, users have asked for additional material, both in the form of extra tables and more detailed breakdowns within tables. It would not be practicable to provide some of the detailed breakdowns in a paper publication, and in any event another user request has been to make the material available in a computer-readable form. Accordingly, this year we have greatly reduced the number of printed pages, retaining in the printed format only a limited range of tables, and have included a CD with each copy. The CD contains all the remaining data on the pattern familiar to users from earlier years and supplements this with new and more detailed tables.
The tables on the CD are offered in Microsoft® Excel format (version 5 - XLS extension). This has the further benefit of allowing users to select data from the tables and manipulate how it is displayed. However, arithmetical manipulations should be carried out with caution because of the effect of the rounding strategy described above.
Finance data
This commentary draws attention to some of the headline figures and key points which emerge from the main tables. The information is displayed graphically where appropriate. It should be noted that where comparisons are made between the latest financial year and a previous year, the previous year’s figures are as re-stated (except where otherwise stated) in the most recent financial statements available. They are not therefore necessarily reconcilable with figures for that year published in previous HESA volumes. However, it is understood that all such figures can be reconciled to the published accounts of the institutions.
Because of rounding, published totals in finance tables may differ from the sum of the published figures which contribute to them.
Summary of key points
Balance sheet
- Tangible assets have increased by £1,348 million (9.1%)
- There has been a substantial increase of £299 million in short-term borrowing but also an increase of £155 million in short-term investments.2
Income and expenditure
- Income during the year amounted to £15.6 billion
- The surplus of income over expenditure was £210 million.
Sources of income
- Funding council grants increased by £354 million (6.2%)
- The amount of income received from tuition fees and education grants & contracts increased by 12.0%. EU domiciled students (including UK domiciled students) charged full-time HE course standard fees accounted for 34.8% of income from those sources
- Research councils provided 31.6% of research grants & contracts, the largest share of the total.
Expenditure
- Increases of £614 million in staff costs and £246 million in other operating expenses largely accounted for a 6.3% rise in total expenditure.
Balance sheet
A comparison of the HE sector’s balance sheet at 31 July 2003 with that at 31 July 2002 shows a £299 million increase in short-term creditors while amounts due after more than one year have increased by £227 million. This increase in short-term borrowing was matched by a substantial increase in debtors (£126 million).
The value of tangible assets has increased by £1,348 million (9.1%), and endowment assets have increased by £34 million (1.5%). Endowments (specific and general) have also increased by £34 million from last year, compared with a decrease of £308 million from 2001 to 2002.
Table A - Balance sheet(#6) | ||||
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Balance (£ millions) as at 31 July | ||||
2003 | 2002 | Change | % change | |
Fixed assets | ||||
Tangible assets | 16120 | 14772 | 1348 | 9.1% |
Investments | 516 | 512 | 4 | 0.8% |
Total | 16636 | 15284 | 1352 | 8.8% |
Endowment assets | ||||
Cash at bank | 122 | 128 | -6 | -4.9% |
Other Investments | 2259 | 2218 | 40 | 1.8% |
Total | 2381 | 2346 | 34 | 1.5% |
Current assets | ||||
Stock | 60 | 66 | -6 | -8.7% |
Debtors | 1926 | 1799 | 126 | 7.0% |
Investments | 1737 | 1582 | 155 | 9.8% |
Cash at bank & in hand | 811 | 680 | 132 | 19.4% |
Total | 4534 | 4127 | 407 | 9.9% |
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 3605 | 3306 | 299 | 9.1% |
Net current assets | 929 | 821 | 108 | 13.1% |
Total assets less current liabilities | 19945 | 18452 | 1493 | 8.1% |
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year | 2951 | 2723 | 227 | 8.4% |
Provisions for liabilities & charges | 430 | 423 | 8 | 1.8% |
Net Assets | 16564 | 15305 | 1258 | 8.2% |
Deferred capital grants | 4600 | 3810 | 791 | 20.8% |
Endowments | ||||
Specific | 1971 | 1955 | 16 | 0.8% |
General | 411 | 393 | 18 | 4.6% |
Total | 2382 | 2348 | 34 | 1.5% |
Reserves | 9581 | 9148 | 433 | 4.7% |
Total | 16564 | 15305 | 1258 | 8.2% |
# see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
Income and expenditure
The income of the HE sector totaled £15.6 billion during the financial year to 31 July 2003; this compares with £14.5 billion for the previous year. The surplus/deficit of income over expenditure increased by £147.9 million from £62.1 million in 2001/02 to £210 million in 2002/03.
Table B - Total income and expenditure, financial years 2002/03 and 2001/02(#6) | |||
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(£ thousands) | |||
2002/03 | 2001/02 | % change | |
Income | 15561971 | 14500299 | 7.3% |
Expenditure | 15351955 | 14438177 | 6.3% |
Surplus/deficit(#7) | 210016 | 62122 | 238.1% |
Surplus/deficit(#7) as percentage of income | 1.3% | 0.4% | |
# see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
To provide the context for these figures, Chart 1 shows the HE sector’s surplus/deficit (re-based and re-calculated as appropriate) for each of the years for which HESA now has data. Data were returned to HESA for financial year 1993/94 onwards; figures for these financial years are set out in earlier editions of this volume.
The number of individual institutions reporting a surplus or breakeven was 123 in 2002/03 compared with 109 in 2001/02. Deficits were reported by 48 institutions in 2002/03 compared with 62 institutions in 2001/02. 34 institutions reported deficits in both financial years.
The final table in this section aggregates figures for institutions funded by each of the four UK countries’ funding councils. It should be noted that in this and other tables, The Open University is counted as an institution based in England.
Table C - Income and expenditure by UK country(#6) | |||||||||
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(£ thousands) | |||||||||
Financial Year 2002/03 | Financial Year 2001/02 | ||||||||
Location of Institution | Income | Expenditure | Surplus/ deficit(#7) | % of income | Income | Expenditure | Surplus/ deficit(#7) | % of income | |
England | 12728918 | 12552857 | 176061 | 1.4% | 11855338 | 11799046 | 56292 | 0.5% | |
Wales | 748996 | 732204 | 16792 | 2.2% | 696478 | 686040 | 10438 | 1.5% | |
Scotland | 1766354 | 1748569 | 17785 | 1.0% | 1656579 | 1655495 | 1084 | 0.1% | |
Northern Ireland | 317703 | 318325 | -622 | -0.2% | 291904 | 297596 | -5692 | -1.9% | |
Total | 15561971 | 15351955 | 210016 | 1.3% | 14500299 | 14438177 | 62122 | 0.4% | |
# see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
Income
The table and chart below summarise institutions’ sources of income in terms of proportions contributed by and the growth or otherwise of each source over time.
Table D - Sources of income(#6) | |||
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(£ thousands) | |||
2002/03 | 2001/02 | % change | |
Funding council grants | 6054559 | 5700651 | 6.2% |
Tuition fees & education grants & contracts | 3743094 | 3342274 | 12.0% |
Research grants & contracts | 2595445 | 2432666 | 6.7% |
Other income | 2938382 | 2773968 | 5.9% |
Endowment & investment income | 230491 | 250740 | -8.1% |
Total income | 15561971 | 14500299 | 7.3% |
# see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
Funding council grants have shown a fifth consecutive increase this year and represent a 38.9% proportion of total income. Tuition fees & education grants & contracts represent a 24.1% proportion of total income. Previous years’ figures are those reported in the re-stated financial statements.
Funding council grants
Institutional funds for academic and other purposes are allocated primarily by the higher education funding councils for England, Wales and Scotland, and by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland acting as a funding agency for the four Northern Ireland higher education institutions. Some funds are also provided by the Teacher Training Agency (TTA), and further education funding councils in England and Wales in relation to some categories of FE teaching. (In Scotland it is impossible to disaggregate the funding of FE teaching.)
Table E - Breakdown of funding council grants 2002/03 | ||
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(£ thousands) | ||
% of total | ||
HE Provision(#8) | ||
Recurrent - teaching | 4175721 | 69.0% |
Recurrent - research | 1177059 | 19.4% |
Recurrent - other (inc. special funding) | 486569 | 8.0% |
Release of deferred capital grants - buildings | 69009 | 1.1% |
Release of deferred capital grants - equipment | 60837 | 1.0% |
FE provision(#9) | 85364 | 1.4% |
Total funding council grants | 6054559 | 100.0% |
# see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
Tuition fees and education grants and contracts
The total income for tuition fees & education grants & contracts increased by 12% this year from £3.34 billion in 2001/02 to £3.74 billion. Income from overseas students provided 29% of this category’s income.
Table F - Income from tuition fees and education grants and contracts 2002/03 | ||
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(£ thousands) | ||
% of total | ||
HE course fees | ||
Full-time UK & EC domiciled students charged standard fees | 1302879 | 34.8% |
Full-time UK & EC domiciled students charged non-standard fees | 591208 | 15.8% |
Part-time HE course fees | 430728 | 11.5% |
Overseas (Non EC) | 1085437 | 29.0% |
Sub-total HE course fees | 3410252 | 91.1% |
Non-credit-bearing course fees | 269554 | 7.2% |
FE course fees | 20594 | 0.6% |
Research training support grants | 42694 | 1.1% |
Total tuition fees & education grants & contracts | 3743094 | 100.0% |
Research grants and contracts
Research grants & contracts increased by 6.7% this year from £2.4 billion in 2001/02 to £2.6 billion. The Office of Science and Technology (OST) research councils continue to be the largest providers by representing a 31.6% proportion of total research grants & contracts income.
Table G - Income from research grants and contracts 2002/03 | ||
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(£ thousands) | ||
% of total | ||
OST research councils | 819997 | 31.6% |
UK based charities | 652655 | 25.1% |
UK central government bodies, local, health & hospital authorities | 456162 | 17.6% |
UK industry, commerce & public corps | 257496 | 9.9% |
EU government bodies | 183913 | 7.1% |
EU other | 34259 | 1.3% |
Other overseas | 130013 | 5.0% |
Other sources | 60950 | 2.3% |
Total research grants & contracts | 2595445 | 100.0% |
Other income
This category increased by 5.9% this year from £2.8 billion in 2001/02 to £2.9 billion.
Table H - Other income 2002/03 | ||
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(£ thousands) | ||
% of total | ||
Other services rendered | ||
Course validation fees | 17889 | 0.6% |
Teaching companies | 28864 | 1.0% |
UK central government bodies, local authorities, health & hospital authorities | 224798 | 7.7% |
UK industry, commerce & public corporations | 143802 | 4.9% |
EU government bodies | 53743 | 1.8% |
EU other | 8107 | 0.3% |
Other overseas | 32481 | 1.1% |
Other sources | 245777 | 8.4% |
Sub-total other services rendered | 755461 | 25.7% |
Residences & catering operations | 995551 | 33.9% |
Grants from local authorities | 1351 | 0.0% |
Income from health & hospital authorities | 245356 | 8.4% |
Released from deferred capital grants | 50269 | 1.7% |
Income from intellectual property rights | 23843 | 0.8% |
Other operating income | 866551 | 29.5% |
Total other income | 2938382 | 100.0% |
Expenditure
The 6.3% (£914 million) rise in expenditure to £15.4 billion as shown in Table I was largely made up of an increase of £614 million in staff costs and £246 million in other operating expenses.
Table I - Expenditure, financial years ending 2002/03 and 2001/02(#6) | |||
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(£ thousands) | |||
2002/03 | 2001/02 | % change | |
Staff costs | 8984514 | 8371003 | 7.3% |
Other operating expenses | 5442041 | 5196420 | 4.7% |
Depreciation | 725585 | 669297 | 8.4% |
Interest payable | 199815 | 201457 | -0.8% |
Total | 15351955 | 14438177 | 6.3% |
# see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
The percentage distribution of expenditure by activity within the total as shown in Table J has changed little from the previous year. Academic departments represent a 41.7% proportion of total expenditure and residences and catering operations represent a proportion of just 6.2%.
The clinical medicine cost centre and business & management studies cost centre continue to have the largest share of total expenditure with 9.5% and 9.4% respectively, spending £607 million and £602 million in 2002/03. The social studies cost centre and nursing & paramedical studies cost centre have a 7.4% and 6.8% share of total expenditure respectively. They spent £474 million and £434 million in 2002/03.
Table J - Distribution of expenditure by activity 2002/03 | ||
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(£ thousands) | ||
% of total | ||
Academic departments | 6394756 | 41.7% |
Academic services | 1137817 | 7.4% |
Administrative & central services | 2055025 | 13.4% |
Premises | 1620385 | 10.6% |
Residences & catering operations | 945346 | 6.2% |
Research grants & contracts | 2250611 | 14.7% |
Other expenditure | 948015 | 6.2% |
Total expenditure | 15351955 | 100.0% |
Staff data
Analysis by staff grade is meaningful only where institutions have reported their staff within nationally recognised grade structures, or within internal grade structures that facilitate discrimination on a similar basis. Several institutions, including some large post-1992 universities, report their staff on a single grade structure lacking a separate category for the ‘Professor’ grade. Where this happens, Professors cannot be distinguished from staff on the Senior Lecturer (pre-1992) or Principal Lecturer (post-1992) grade, leading to Professors being zero-counted for those institutions and under-counted for the sector as a whole. This under-counting limits the scope of comparative analyses of the proportion of Professors within particular subject areas, by cost centres, by gender, and so on.
Summary of key points
- The total number of academic staff in the HE sector was 146,875, an increase of 2.6% on the 2001/02 figure of 143,150 (2000/01, 139,940).
- Of all full-time academic posts, 67% were wholly financed by the institutions themselves in 2002/03 (2001/02, 67%; 2000/01, 69%).
- The percentage of academic staff who were women was 39% in 2002/03 (2001/02, 38%; 2000/01, 37%). The number of female academic staff increased by 5.7% from 2001/02 to 2002/03, compared with a 0.7% increase for men.
- Of all full-time academic staff, 27% were employed in medicine, dentistry, or health departments.
- Of all researchers, 80% were supported by some element of external funding.
- Of full-time, non-clinical, wholly institutionally financed academic staff, 49% were aged over 45 (2001/02, 49%; 2000/01, 48%), and 91% (2001/02, 90%; 2000/01, 90%) were working in the same institution as in the previous year.
- The average age of all academic staff was 42 (2001/02, 42; 2000/01, 42).
- Of UK nationality staff, 5.6% (2001/02, 5.5%; 2000/01, 4.9%) of those of known ethnicity (93% of the total) had a non-white ethnicity and 1.8% (2001/02, 1.5%; 2000/01, 1.1%) of those of known disability status (94% of the total) had a disability.
- Since 2001/02, the total number of academic staff working in medicine, dentistry, and subjects allied to medicine has increased by 4.3%, and the number of those working in education has increased by 6.6%.
General
Table K - Summary - academic staff in all UK institutions 2002/03 | |||
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United Kingdom | |||
Full-time | Part-time | Total | |
Mode of employment | 120800 | 26080 | 146875 |
Gender | |||
Female | 42410 | 14610 | 57025 |
Male | 78385 | 11465 | 89855 |
Principal source of salary | |||
Wholly institutionally financed | 80520 | 19985 | 100505 |
Other sources of finance | 40275 | 6095 | 46370 |
Primary employment function | |||
Teaching/Teaching & research | 81255 | 19790 | 101045 |
Research only | 39545 | 6290 | 45835 |
Grade(#12) | |||
Professors | 13170 | 1055 | 14225 |
Senior lecturers & researchers | 23280 | 2070 | 25350 |
Lecturers | 41110 | 9235 | 50345 |
Researchers | 35625 | 5805 | 41435 |
Other grades | 7610 | 7910 | 15520 |
Clinical status | |||
Non-clinical | 114710 | 25095 | 139810 |
Clinical | 6085 | 980 | 7070 |
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. # see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
In the academic year to 31 July 2003, the total number of academic staff employed by UK HEIs increased by 2.6% to 146,875. Growth continued in the number of those employed full-time (from 119,900 to 120,800) who comprised some 82% of staff.
While just over one third (39%) of all staff were female, women comprised over a half (56%) of those working part-time.
67% of full-time posts were wholly financed by the institutions themselves, this proportion rising to 77% for part-time posts. 67% of full-time posts and 76% of part-time posts include teaching as a primary employment function.
Region and clinical status
Overall, 64% of full-time clinical posts were financed other than wholly by the institutions themselves; this compares with 33% for all full-time posts. Women made up 27% of all full-time staff with clinical status.
Full-time posts held by women were less likely to be funded wholly by the institutions themselves compared to men; 39% of such female staff were funded other than wholly by the institution compared with 30% of males. There was some variation at UK country level, most notably, 46% of full-time women employed in Scottish institutions were at least in part externally funded.
Table L - Full-time academic staff in all UK institutions by location of institution, gender, prinicipal source of salary and clinical status 2002/03 | |||||
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United Kingdom | |||||
Location of institution | |||||
England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
Total | |
All full-time staff | 97345 | 5825 | 14585 | 3045 | 120800 |
Female | 34315 | 1990 | 5040 | 1065 | 42410 |
Wholly institutionally financed | 20850 | 1425 | 2720 | 735 | 25730 |
Non-clinical | 20500 | 1390 | 2660 | 730 | 25280 |
Clinical | 350 | 35 | 60 | 5 | 445 |
Other sources of finance | 13465 | 565 | 2320 | 330 | 16680 |
Non-clinical | 12435 | 545 | 2200 | 305 | 15485 |
Clinical | 1030 | 20 | 120 | 25 | 1195 |
Male | 63025 | 3835 | 9545 | 1980 | 78385 |
Wholly institutionally financed | 43680 | 3055 | 6555 | 1500 | 54790 |
Non-clinical | 42275 | 2985 | 6295 | 1490 | 53045 |
Clinical | 1410 | 70 | 260 | 10 | 1745 |
Other sources of finance | 19345 | 780 | 2990 | 480 | 23595 |
Non-clinical | 17050 | 700 | 2755 | 395 | 20895 |
Clinical | 2295 | 80 | 235 | 85 | 2700 |
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. |
Departmental cost centres, principal source of salary and grade
Table M - Full-time academic staff in all UK institutions by principal source of salary, gender and departmental cost centre 2002/03 | |||||||
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United Kingdom | |||||||
Wholly institutionally financed | All other sources of finance | ||||||
Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||
Departmental cost centres | 25730 | 54790 | 80520 | 16680 | 23595 | 40275 | |
Medicine, dentistry & health | 7280 | 7850 | 15130 | 8895 | 8030 | 16920 | |
Agriculture, forestry & veterinary science | 405 | 1100 | 1510 | 345 | 370 | 720 | |
Biological, mathematical & physical sciences | 2660 | 11020 | 13680 | 4025 | 7770 | 11800 | |
Engineering & technology | 1425 | 9380 | 10805 | 1020 | 4710 | 5730 | |
Architecture & planning | 345 | 1345 | 1685 | 140 | 210 | 345 | |
Administrative, business & social studies | 5900 | 12375 | 18280 | 1280 | 1450 | 2730 | |
Language based studies | 2110 | 2610 | 4725 | 205 | 175 | 385 | |
Other arts | 2570 | 5630 | 8200 | 380 | 515 | 895 | |
Education | 2670 | 3005 | 5675 | 305 | 235 | 540 | |
Academic services | 245 | 295 | 540 | 65 | 95 | 160 | |
Administration & central services | 110 | 175 | 290 | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
Premises | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Residences & catering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. |
27% of all full-time staff worked in medicine, dentistry & health and a further 21% of all full-time staff worked in biological, mathematical & physical science departments.
38% of the sector’s female and 20% of the sector’s male full-time employees worked in medicine, dentistry & health. The biological, mathematical & physical science departments accounted for nearly a quarter (24%) of male full-time employees.
53% of full-time staff in the academic departments of medicine, dentistry & health and 46% in biological, mathematical & physical sciences were financed other than wholly by the institutions themselves. Departments with the fewest partially or wholly externally funded full-time staff were in the areas of language based studies (7.5%), education (8.7%) and other arts (9.8%).
Since the 2001/02 academic year, the total number of full-time academic staff working in education departments has increased by 2.7% and decreased in agriculture, forestry & veterinary science departments by 5.7%.
While overall, 33% of full-time staff were partially or wholly externally funded, 82% of full-time researchers were so financed; full-time researchers made up nearly three quarters (73%) of all staff for whom finance was received partially or wholly from outside the institution.
Table N - Full-time academic staff in all UK institutions by principal source of salary, grade(#12) and gender 2002/03 | |||
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United Kingdom | |||
Principal source of salary | |||
Wholly institutionally financed | All other sources of finance | Total | |
Professors | 11970 | 1195 | 13170 |
Female | 1650 | 205 | 1860 |
Male | 10320 | 990 | 11310 |
Senior lecturers & researchers | 20770 | 2510 | 23280 |
Female | 5310 | 845 | 6150 |
Male | 15460 | 1670 | 17130 |
Lecturers | 36130 | 4980 | 41110 |
Female | 14085 | 2310 | 16395 |
Male | 22045 | 2670 | 24715 |
Researchers | 6420 | 29210 | 35625 |
Female | 2675 | 12275 | 14950 |
Male | 3745 | 16935 | 20675 |
Other grades | 5230 | 2380 | 7610 |
Female | 2005 | 1050 | 3055 |
Male | 3225 | 1335 | 4560 |
Total | 80520 | 40275 | 120800 |
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. # see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
Age
(Note: the figures in this section and the following section relate only to full-time non-clinical staff, wholly financed by the institution, unless otherwise stated.)
Table P - Full-time non-clinical wholly institutionally financed academic staff by grade(#12) and age 2002/03 | ||||||
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United Kingdom | ||||||
Professors | Senior lecturers & researchers |
Lecturers | Researchers | Other grades | Total | |
Under 26 | 0 | 5 | 210 | 695 | 255 | 1165 |
26-30 | 10 | 85 | 2735 | 1715 | 425 | 4970 |
31-35 | 95 | 995 | 6530 | 1385 | 490 | 9495 |
36-40 | 650 | 2975 | 7015 | 965 | 535 | 12135 |
41-45 | 1430 | 3650 | 5695 | 595 | 700 | 12070 |
46-50 | 2185 | 3765 | 5205 | 440 | 875 | 12470 |
51-55 | 3030 | 4445 | 4810 | 360 | 1005 | 13655 |
56-60 | 2480 | 3070 | 2655 | 200 | 605 | 9005 |
61-65 | 1160 | 1080 | 710 | 45 | 165 | 3155 |
66 + | 85 | 60 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 200 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Total | 11120 | 20140 | 35585 | 6410 | 5075 | 78330 |
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. # see relevant footnote in notes to tables. |
Of those staff whose age was known, 49% were aged over 45 and 17% were aged between 51 and 55. 41% of senior lecturers & researchers were aged between 46 and 55, and exactly half (50%) of professors were aged between 51 and 60. Nearly three quarters (74%) of researchers were aged 40 years or under. The average mean age of all academic staff in the UK was 42.
Inflow/outflow
During the academic year to 31 July 2003, 91% of full-time, non-clinical, wholly institutionally financed academic staff were working in the same institution as they were one year earlier and a further 3.1% had been working in another HEI. A loss of 5,345 staff from the HE sector outnumbered the inflow of 4,535 staff. Retirement was the largest single known reason for departures and the sector gained more staff from overseas than left to work overseas. Caution should be exercised when further analysing staff flows on account of the size of the unknown category.
Table Q - Full-time, non-clinical, wholly institutionally financed academic staff by employment in the previous year and destination 2002/03 | ||||
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United Kingdom | ||||
Total | Total | |||
Employment in the previous year | Destination | |||
Non-clinical | 78330 | Non-clinical | 78330 | |
Current institution | 71345 | Current institution | 72045 | |
UK other HEI | 2450 | UK other HEI | 940 | |
Inflow | 4535 | Outflow | 5345 | |
UK | 2565 | UK | 640 | |
Overseas | 855 | Overseas | 425 | |
Not in regular employment | 95 | Not in regular employment | 315 | |
Not known | 1025 | Retirement | 1100 | |
Death | 50 | |||
Not known | 2810 | |||
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. |
Chart 3 displays graphically the inflow and outflow by age groups.
Ethnicity
Although 7.1% of academic staff of UK nationality were of unknown ethnic group, of those that were known 5.6% (5,870 staff) were of non-white ethnicity. Chart 4 shows the percentages of those of non-white ethnicity represented by each visible ethnic minority group.
Disability
Of the 94% of UK nationality staff who disclosed this information, 1.8% were known to be disabled.
Table R - Academic staff of UK nationality by disability status and mode of employment 2002/03 | |||||
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United Kingdom | |||||
Known to be disabled |
Not known to be disabled |
Total of known disability status |
Information not provided |
Total | |
Total | 1920 | 104640 | 106565 | 6205 | 112770 |
Full-time | 1540 | 85975 | 87515 | 4980 | 92495 |
Part-time | 380 | 18670 | 19050 | 1225 | 20275 |
In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5. |
1 The number of Welsh institutions in this volume is different than reported in Students in Higher Education Institutions, due to the inclusion of finance and staff data from The University of Wales Registry.
2 In the 2001/02 volume, it was reported in the summary of key points that there had been a decrease of £128 million in short-term investments. This figure should have been reported as an increase. The figure of £54 million was correctly reported as a decrease in 2000/01. In each case, Table A shows the correct figures; the only error was the misinterpretation in the summary of the 2001/02 figure.