Staff Survey results now available

07 Jun 2019

University and Faculty level results shared.

The Staff Survey 2019 results have been shared this week by the President and Vice-Chancellor, Nancy Rothwell, on StaffNet and at also at her open meeting, which you can watch on StaffNet.  

There are some encouraging results including 92% of respondents saying that the University is a good place to work and 89% feeling proud to work for the University; 80% of our staff are satisfied with their job and 81% feel they are valued by the people they work with.

One of the challenges we faced during this survey period was demonstrating to staff that actions taken after the 2017 survey had been acted upon, and change had been delivered. For this reason the main Staff Survey will now take place every three years, with shorter ‘pulse’ surveys carried out intermittently to ensure staff satisfaction remains a priority.

You can read the full story about the University-level results on StaffNet.

The Vice-President and Dean, Keith Brown, and Interim Director and Faculty Operations (DoFO), Wayne Keating, have also shared the overall Humanities RAG (Red Amber, Green) results with all Humanities staff. 

They were pleased to hear that the ratings for questions relating to whether staff feel the University is a good place to work, whether they agree with the University’s three core goals and whether they have a clear understanding about their role, remain high.

Other highlights include:

• 82% of people felt that facilities for teaching students are good (71% in 2017)
• 86% felt facilities for research are good (84% in 2017)
• 89% of those who had a P&DR or probation review in the previous 12 months said they had agreed clear objectives (87% in 2017)
• 75% of staff reported having taken part in any type of training, learning or development  paid for or provided by the University (59% in 2017)
• 82% of staff were aware of their responsibilities within the University’s Dignity at Work and Study Policy on bullying, harassment and discrimination (76% in 2017) 

The Dean and DoFO said: “We can take great encouragement from these positive highlights and areas of strength, though the findings identified a number of areas requiring improvement, and areas where the results have deteriorated significantly compared to 2017. Most of these changes were mirrored at University level. We will be giving attention to these areas in the coming weeks and months.” 

• Read the Humanities RAG results.
• Read the Read the statement from the Dean and DoFO, emailed to all staff on 6 June 2019.

The local level RAG results for your specific School and Faculty Office are currently being analysed and will be made available next week.