§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what number and percentage of (a) contract research staff and (b) contract academic staff progressed to permanent positions in institutions governed by the University Grants Commission over each of the past 10 academic years, indicating the total number and the percentage that they represented of such contract staff at each of the institutions.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state in the Official Report the number of (a) contract research staff and (b) contract academic staff at present employed in institutions covered by the University Grants Commission, indicating the annual growth over the past 10 academic years as a total number and as a percentage of the total research and academic staff at each institution and as a total of all institutions.
Mr. JacksonInformation is not available in the form requested. However a recent study on "Contract Researchers in Universities" conducted by the Advisory Board on the Research Councils found the following growth in contract research staff at all UK universities: 3W
Year Number of contract staff Number of contract research staff as a percentage of all full-time academic staff (%) 1976 6,010 15 1977 6,084 15 1978 6,615 16 1979 7,469 17 1980 8,005 18 1981 8,223 19 1982 8,275 22 1983 9,684 22 1984 10,249 23