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To study university teachers, including their social backgrounds, their career histories and research, their attitudes toward research and teaching, university expansion, and the distribution of powers within university departments, and their political beliefs.
Main Topics:
Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Personal educational policy priorities. Opinion on: effect of expansion (e.g. quality of students); whether colleges of advanced technology should be awarded university status; whether rural or urban university locations favoured, optimum proportion of foreign students of various age groups (following Robbins Report); quality of own department in relation to departments of the same subject at other British universities; reputation of department compared to personal assessment (for a variety of aspects). Occupation: university/college; position held; starting date; grade; promotion prospects and expectations (full details of promotion in last five years, number of times promoted, age at most recent promotion); previous appointment; previous employment (including work overseas). Degree obtained (level, where, when). Department size, satisfaction with size of university/college/department, whether pressure to do more research than respondent would like, whether adequate resources exist, whether research done during term, leave of absence (details), attitude to present university (any other preferred), any application for posts within past year, intention to make application in next three years, attitude to joining staff of another university/a new university at a higher rank/at present rank, satisfaction with town where university is located, expectation to remain at present university until retirement. Ever considered a permanent post abroad, ever considered leaving academic life permanently, ever held office in a national/ international/ academic/ learned/ professional society, details of articles/books published or in preparation, sources of information for keeping up with subject, visits abroad for academic reasons, most enjoyable aspects of work, public activities outside college. Respondents asked to agree/disagree with a number of statements concerning the academic profession, opinion on amount of support given to various subjects and facilities. Political support and interest, religious affiliation (as a child and at present). Background Variables Age, sex, marital status, children (age, sex) type of secondary school attended (self and children). Father's occupation and employment status, age parents left school, whether parents received further education, whether wife is a graduate.
Simple random sample
(repeat of Robbins Committee sample)
Postal survey
