What do researchers say about their experiences at UWE?

All these policies….

Do they make a difference to researchers?

Questions about these data

• How representative is the Careers in Research Online Survey (CROS)?

• What does it tell us about UWE researchers? • Are there things that the data doesn’t say? • Lots of different ways to look at the data so

have to select areas to focus on

13 16

66 67

Male Female

Staff numbers (headcount) December 2014 Source: Staff Compendium

Senior RF RA & RF

Female 51%

Male 49%

Overall

UWE CROS 2015

65%

35%

FemaleMale

Total UWE population = 162 Number of respondents = 44 Response rate = 27%

CROS UK Response rate = 28%

UWE CROS Mode of employment

30%

70%

Part TimeFull Time

Age profile of researchers at UWE vs UK

5

57

39

25

58

16

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Under 30

31-45

Over 45

UK CROS %UWE CROS %

How long working here

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

1 year orless

2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 - 10years

10 years+

Full TimePart Time

Breakdown of contract type

41%

2%

52%

5%

Fixed TermHourly PaidOpen EndedNot Sure

UK CROS Fixed term = 74% Open ended = 25% Hourly/Casual = <1%

In the last 2 years those recruited found out about post:

26

5

47

16

5

0

11

11

0 10 20 30 40 50

By word of mouth

I am the grant/fellowship holder

I saw it advertised/listed

I was named on the grant

I was redeployed

I don't know/can't remember

My previous contract was extended

Other

% respondents

Proportion reporting provision of information when applying for current role

68

79

84

74

73

87

90

89

0 20 40 60 80 100

Transferable skills required

Research skills required

Qualifications required

Job Description

UKUWE

How useful did you find induction?

11

16

26

5

37

5

11

21

21

11

32

5

37

32

11

0

21

0

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Very useful

Useful

Not very useful

Not at all useful

Not offered

Offered but not taken

Local

Faculty/Dept

Institution wide induction

% agree that valued for…

72

71

44

48

79

75

52

56

68

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Funding applications

Knowledge Transfer/Commercialisation

Managing budgets

Peer Reviewing

Publications

Public engagement activity

Supervising staff

Supervising PGRs

Teaching & Lecturing

Research Culture?

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Departmental community

Institutional community

Wider disciplinary community

Agree strongly Agree Disagree Disagree strongly

What % of researchers have had a PDR in the past 2 years?

84%

16%

YESNO

CROS UK Had appraisal = 67% No appraisal = 33%

Any use?

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Overall?

Highlight issues?

Career aspiration help?

Identify strengths?

Leading to training

Leading to change in working practices

Reviewing personal progress

Not usefulUseful

Career development

68

74

51

58

7

75

88

52

56

10

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Encouraged in career development?

Take ownership of career development

Have a career development plan?

Maintain a record of PDP

Used the Vitae RDF to support

To what extent do you agree that…

UKUWE

Areas of Development that researchers would like to undertake

Area % UWE researchers

% UK Researchers

Leadership & Management 57 54

Interdisciplinary research 52 55

Public engagement 52 50

Knowledge exchange 51 55

Personal effectiveness 50 50

Communication & dissemination 48 45

Supervision of PGRs/Masters 46 50

Career management 46 57

Areas of Development that researchers would like to undertake

Area % UWE researchers

% UK Researchers

Research impact 39 62

Collaboration & teamwork 39 43

Teaching 36 46

Ethical research conduct 30 28

Research skills & techniques 25 40

Being mentored 25 45

Equality & Diversity 11 20

This is a reflection of development already undertaken

Comments about areas for development

Applying for funding and developing funding proposals Identification of funding opportunities and bid writing Research funding and bid writing Supervision of students and management of staff

Career aspirations & expectations % UWE Researchers % UK Researchers

Type of role Aspire Expect Aspire Expect

Career in higher education – primarily research & teaching

46 39 43 34

Career in higher education – primarily research

46 29 34 26

Career in higher education – primarily teaching

0 2 2 2

Other role in higher education 0 0 2 2

Research career outside higher education 2 2 8 11

Self-employment, running a business 5 5 3 2

Teaching outside HE 0 0 <1 <1

Other or don’t know 2 22 8 15

Comments about career development

The training/career development I have had has been laughable. I have recently undertaken the PGC(HE) and like the balance this provides between teaching and research activity. I have undertaken research training but very few career development training events Sometimes very useful, but often of limited practical help

Awareness of UK initiatives relevant to researchers

0% 50% 100%

Athena Swan Gender Equality Charter Mark

Concordat for Engaging the Public with…

Concordat to Support the Career…

Concordat to Support Research Integrity

European 'HR Excellence in Research' Award

National Co-Ordinating Centre for Public…

RCUK Pathways to Impact

Research Excellence Framework (REF)

Vitae

Vitae Researcher Development Framework…

Some understanding Heard of it Never heard of this

HR Excellence in Research

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

More likely Slightly more likely It wouldn't influencemy choice

Would you be more likely to choose an employer because they held this award?

Equality & Diversity

0 20 40 60 80 100

My institution prmotes better healthand well-being at work

I am satisfied with my work-lifebalance

I believe my institution is committedto equality & diversity

To what extent do you agree?

% UK% UWE

Discrimination

14%

86%

Have you felt discriminated against?

YesNo

Comments about discrimination

Internal candidate appointed to a lower salary point than an external candidate (for identical roles) Contract type (research versus academic) Not felt able to contribute to decision making Because of gender & personal circumstances

Comments about equality & diversity

I believe that UWE is committed to E&D reflected by the training I have done Not an issue of equality per se more of variability application by line managers Difficult to say as I have not witnessed or been affected