Lecturer Survey 2003 Results: Appendix 1a

Lecturer Survey 2003 Results: Appendix 1a
Answers about Individual Respondents

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3. What is your post?
Teaching assistant:	3.2%	4
Visiting lecturer:	1.6%	2
Lecturer (pre 1992)/Lecturer or Senior Lecturer(post 1992):	50.4%	63
Senior lecturer (pre 1992)/Principal lecturer (post 1992):	28.0%	35
Reader:	4.0%	5
Professor:	12.8%	16

4. On what basis are you employed?
Continuing (permanent): full time:	85.6%	107
Continuing (permanent): part time:	8.0%	10
Fixed term: full time:	3.2%	4
Fixed term: part time:	3.2%	4
4.a. If fixed term, what is the length of the term?
<1 year:	0.0%	0
1 year:	14.3%	1
2 years:	42.9%	3
3 years:	42.9%	3
>3 years:	0.0%	0

6. Average number of teaching hours per week in term time (exclude office hours and hours for teaching admin.)
< 3 hours:	3.2%	4
3-4 hours:	11.2%	14
5-7 hours:	37.6%	47
8-10 hours:	23.2%	29
11-15 hours:	20.0%	25
16-20 hours:	3.2%	4
> 20 hours:	1.6%	2

7. What percentage of your time do you spend on each of the following?
7.a. Research and/or scholarly activity
0-10:	16.8%	21
11-20:	21.6%	27
21-30:	19.2%	24
31-40:	17.6%	22
41-50:	12.0%	15
51-60:	5.6%	7
61-70:	5.6%	7
71-80:	1.6%	2
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0
7.b. Teaching and teaching-related activities (e.g. preparation, marking)
0-10:	0.0%	0
11-20:	12.8%	16
21-30:	15.2%	19
31-40:	28.8%	36
41-50:	20.0%	25
51-60:	12.0%	15
61-70:	6.4%	8
71-80:	4.8%	6
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0
7.c. Administration/other
0-10:	12.0%	15
11-20:	31.2%	39
21-30:	23.2%	29
31-40:	20.0%	25
41-50:	4.8%	6
51-60:	4.8%	6
61-70:	2.4%	3
71-80:	1.6%	2
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0

8. Taking the time spent on teaching as 100%, what percentage of this do you spend on each of the following?
8.a. Preparation and production of student materials
0-10:	4.0%	5
11-20:	13.6%	17
21-30:	28.0%	35
31-40:	29.6%	37
41-50:	12.8%	16
51-60:	6.4%	8
61-70:	4.8%	6
71-80:	0.8%	1
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0
8.b. Delivery
0-10:	5.6%	7
11-20:	28.8%	36
21-30:	28.8%	36
31-40:	25.6%	32
41-50:	7.2%	9
51-60:	2.4%	3
61-70:	1.6%	2
71-80:	0.0%	0
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0
8.c. Assessment (setting, marking and supervising)
0-10:	8.0%	10
11-20:	40.8%	51
21-30:	35.2%	44
31-40:	13.6%	17
41-50:	2.4%	3
51-60:	0.0%	0
61-70:	0.0%	0
71-80:	0.0%	0
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0
8.d. Course/module/unit administration
0-10:	42.4%	53
11-20:	36.0%	45
21-30:	19.2%	24
31-40:	1.6%	2
41-50:	0.8%	1
51-60:	0.0%	0
61-70:	0.0%	0
71-80:	0.0%	0
81-90:	0.0%	0
91-100:	0.0%	0

9. Approximately how many hours of staff development activities related to teaching have you attended in the last two years?
0:	20.8%	26
1-2:	16.0%	20
3-4:	15.2%	19
5-6:	8.8%	11
7-8:	4.0%	5
>8:	35.2%	44

10. Do you have a formal system of student evaluation for your courses/modules/units?
Yes:	94.4%	118
No:	5.6%	7
10.a. If Yes, are you required to act on the results?
Yes:	65.3%	77
No:	34.7%	41

11. How would you rank the importance your department attaches to teaching relative to research on a scale of 1 to 5?
1 Considerably less important:	28.0%	35
2 Somewhat less important:	25.6%	32
3 Of equal importance:	20.8%	26
4 Somewhat more important:	16.8%	21
5 Considerably more important:	8.8%	11

12. How do you personally rank the importance of your teaching relative to research on a scale of 1 to 5?
1 Considerably less important:	7.2%	9
2 Somewhat less important:	20.0%	25
3 Of equal importance:	41.6%	52
4 Somewhat more important:	15.2%	19
5 Considerably more important:	16.0%	20

14. How effective would you rate these incentives in improving your teaching practices?
1 Have had no effect and are unlikely to:	33.3%	21
2 Have had or will have only slight effect:	25.4%	16
3 Have had or will have a moderate effect:	25.4%	16
4 Have had or will have considerable effect on some areas:	7.9%	5
5 Have had or will have considerable effect across my teaching:	7.9%	5

16. How effective would you rate these mechanisms as encouraging you to innovate?
1 have had no effect and are unlikely to:	25.8%	16
2 Have had or will have only slight effect:	24.2%	15
3 Have had or will have a moderate effect:	29.0%	18
4 Have had or will have considerable effect on some areas:	16.1%	10
5 Have had or will have considerable effect across my teaching:	4.8%	3

17. How many seminars/workshops/conferences have you attended that were specifically dedicated to teaching and learning in the past two years?
0:	29.3%	34
1-2:	37.1%	43
3-4:	13.8%	16
>4:	19.8%	23

19. Use of Computing and Informational Technology
19.a. Do you use a Virtual Learning Environment, such as Blackboard or WebCT, in teaching?
Yes:	57.6%	72
No:	42.4%	53
19.a.i. If Yes, please tell us how you use it
To post course materials (e.g. lecture slides):	n/a	69
To provide course information (e.g. dates, assessment details):	n/a	66
To provide a discussion board:	n/a	24
To answer student queries:	n/a	31
To offer on-line tutorials/seminars:	n/a	7
To provide on-line assignments:	n/a	12
To offer on-line, self-paced courses:	n/a	7
Other (please specify):	n/a	12
19.a.ii. If Yes, who maintains your course on the Web?
Do it myself:	65.3%	47
Help from department:	18.1%	13
Help from university central services:	16.7%	12
19.a.iii. If No: What factors prevented you from doing so?
Lack of knowledge/training:	n/a	21
Uninterested/not relevant:	n/a	11
Time:	n/a	34
Reliability of equipment or software:	n/a	5
lack of technical support:	n/a	14
Lack of suitable material:	n/a	4
Other (please specify):	n/a	15

20. How often do you use economics/statistical software in teaching?
Frequently:	27.2%	34
Occasionally:	39.2%	49
Never:	33.6%	42

21. What level of involvement do you have with Economics LTSN?
I don't know about the LTSN:	n/a	10
I've heard about Economics LTSN, but haven't been involved:	n/a	43
I've used resources from the Economics LTSN Website:	n/a	39
I've attended a workshop run by the LTSN:	n/a	28
I've attended the Economics LTSN conference or plan to do so (15/16 Sept 2003, Heriot Watt, Edinburgh):	n/a	8
I am a contact person from the department for Economics LTSN:	n/a	35
Other (please specify):	n/a	6

Results for questions about individual courses and modules are in Appendix 1b