aExciting news!
The NUS has launched a major piece of research looking into the employment of postgraduate research students. We are asking all of these students to complete the survey found by hitting the link below.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BRYX8QQ
The Postgraduate Employment Survey seeks to find out:-
- what kinds of higher education employment roles postgraduate research students undertake within and outside their institutions
- the quality of the postgraduate higher education employment experience in terms of information and support
- how postgraduates’ experience of being employed in a teaching role compares to their experience of other kinds of paid work in higher education
The results of the survey will be used to inform and update the NUS/UCU Postgraduate Employment Charter and produce a Guide to the Charter for the use of unions, scheduled to be released in early 2010.
In 2000 an earlier version of this survey found that less than half of respondents had received a clear statement of conditions of employment on taking up a teaching or academic-related role in their institution, while on average respondents worked 6.3 unpaid hours of work per week.
The survey will also capture a picture of what kinds of employment-training postgraduates receive. Of particular concern is the experience of postgraduates who teach and whether postgraduates receive the support and training to enable them to be effective in their teaching roles.
The survey is aimed at postgraduate researchers who have taken on any kind of employment role in their own or another institution since September 2008. This ranges from first-year researchers who are currently in employment at their own or another HE institution to recently postdoctoral researchers.
Any researcher who completes the survey has the option to be entered into a prize draw to win £50 of Amazon vouchers.
Please let me know if you have questions about the survey.
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In 2000 an earlier version of this survey found that less than half of respondents had received a clear statement of conditions of employment on taking up a teaching or academic-related role in their institution, while on average respondents worked 6.3 unpaid hours of work per week.
The survey will also capture a picture of what kinds of employment-training postgraduates receive. Of particular concern is the experience of postgraduates who teach and whether postgraduates receive the support and training to enable them to be effective in their teaching roles.
The survey is aimed at postgraduate researchers who have taken on any kind of employment role in their own or another institution since September 2008. This ranges from first-year researchers who are currently in employment at their own or another HE institution to recently postdoctoral researchers.
Any researcher who completes the survey has the option to be entered into a prize draw to win £50 of Amazon vouchers.
Please let me know if you have questions about the survey.
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