Employment contracts in HE

These infographics aim to explain and examine different contracts of employment in HE, asking key questions with images and data to respond accordingly.

Employment contracts in HE

The Briefing (below) provides a summary relating to HE contracts and UCEA’s available resources before providing short notes on each of the seven infographics.

Briefing on Employment contracts in HE infographics

The following jpegs provide individual infographics from the set:

In what proportion are different contracts used in HE?

Is the balance between fixed and open-ended academic contracts changing?

How do the contracts in HE teaching differ between subjects?

Why are fixed-term contracts used for teaching?

How do contracts vary for types of lecturers?

Does the source of the funding influence the prevalence of fixed-term or open-ended contracts?

Which academic disciplines used zero hours contracts most?