§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on the trend shown by the pay of university staff since 1979; how this compares with movements in the retail prices index in the same period; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldenBetween April 1979 and April 1985 (the date of the last pay increase) the salaries of university non-clinical academic and related staff have increased by 82.2 per cent. as compared with a rise in the retail prices index of 74.6 per cent. during the same period.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many university teachers in the United Kingdom have taken university teaching posts abroad in the past five years; and in what specialities.
§ Mr. Walden[pursuant to his reply, 12 March 1986, c. 473.]: The available information is shown in the following table. The intended subject department outside the United Kingdom is not known.
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University staff leaving for university employment outside the United Kingdom 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Full-time† Department at UK university 1 Education * — * 6 6 2 Medicine, dentistry and health 72 47 51 62 44 3 Engineering and technology 35 42 35 21 25 4 Agriculture, forestry and veterinary science * 5 * 5 6 5 Biological and physical sciences 125 122 111 108 116
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 6 Administrative, business and social studies 44 40 28 34 25 7 Architecture, other professional/vocational subjects * * 5 * * 8 Language, literature and area studies 38 32 24 15 19 9 Arts, other than languages 10 7 10 6 8 Unknown — — * — — Total Full-time 335 299 271 259 250 Part-time 7 8 * 5 10 * 1–4 staff. Precise numbers are not shown in order to preserve confidentiality for individual staff. † Including staff seconded or on sabbatical leave or on extensive sick leave.