ABSTRACT

A large and increasing proportion of teaching in UK universities is being fulfilled by staff on casual, rather than permanent, contracts. This paper examines how the proportion of teaching by casual staff affected student satisfaction in 2014–15. We find that an increased proportion of casual teaching leads to lower student satisfaction, even when controlling for respondent's subject, university and faculty. This suggests a trade-off between increasing casualisation and student satisfaction, which could have implications for future student demand. These results can be generalised to the rest of the economy and highlight potential perverse effects arising from casual contracts.

摘要

在英国大学中，越来越多的教学工作是由临时合同而非永久合同的教职员工完成的。本文研究了 2014-15 年临时教职员工的教学比例如何影响学生的满意度。我们发现，即使在控制受访者的学科、大学和教职员工的情况下，随意教学比例的增加也会导致学生满意度降低。这表明增加临时工和学生满意度之间的权衡，这可能对未来的学生需求产生影响。这些结果可以推广到经济的其他领域，并突出临时合同可能产生的不利影响。