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EDI | Researcher Pulse Survey

Here you'll find a summary of results from the Researcher Pulse Survey carried out in February 2023.

Response count: 60 recorded responses

Gender breakdown of respondents: 

  • 48% woman
  • 43% man
  • 8% prefer not to say

Breakdown of respondents by faculty: 

  • 32% Science and Health
  • 22% Engineering and Computing
  • 15% Institute of Education
  • 13% Humanities and Social Sciences
  • 10% Business School
  • 8% prefer not to say

 

Key findings: Career development

  • While 70% of respondents get chances to take part in training and development opportunities, only 52% have enough time to do so. 
  • Women agree less that they have the time to engage with training than men do. 
  • Only 38% agree the training opportunities on offer meet their needs. Men agree less with this than women do. 
  • 63% have formal meetings with their PI, and 62% agree they have dedicated time to discuss career development. 
  • Women indicated they have fewer formal meetings with their PI to discuss career development and are less able to dedicate time to discuss career development than men are.
  • Only 38% agree they’re allocated enough teaching hours to support career development.