FAIRNESS AT WORK SURVEY

Section 1: About Yourself

1. What is your job title? (e.g. Lecturer, Assistant Registrar etc.)

2. What is your job grade? (e.g. Lecturer B, Principal Lecturer, etc.)

3. What is the name of the Department or Division you work in?

Department/Division

4. What is the class of your first degree?

5. Do you have a PhD?

Yes
No

6. What is your current salary per annum?

7. Is your current institution:

An old university?
A new university?

8. What grading was your department given in the last Research Assessment Exercise?

9. In which region is your current institution?

North England
South England East England
West England
Midlands London

Northern Ireland Wales Scotland

10. Do you receive a research grant income?

Yes
No

If yes, how much is it?

11. Are you a member of a Union? (Please indicate one)

AUT
 MSF NATFHE
ATL UNISON NONE
EIS Other:

Please specify other:

12. Do you have a position in your union branch/national union?

Yes
No

If yes, please state

13. How long have you been working in higher education?

Years Months

14. How long have you been working at your current institution?

Years Months

15. What type of contract do you have? (Please indicate one)
Full Time
Part Time
Hourly Paid
Temporary 'rolling'
Fixed Term
Permanent

If Other, please specify

16. What is your age and gender?

Under 30 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Male
Female

17. How would you describe your ethnicity? (Please indicate one)

Black African
Black Caribbean Black European
Black other Chinese
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
White
Other

If Other, please specify:

18. Were you born overseas?

Yes
No

If yes, please specify

19. Which best indicates your sexual orientation at present? (Please indicate one)

Heterosexual
Lesbian
Other
Bisexual
Gay

If Other, please specify

20. Are you registered disabled?

Yes
No

 

21. Do you have childcare responsibilities?

Yes
No

 

22. Do you currently have a partner?

Yes
No

If NO please go straight to Section 2.

If you have answered YES please answer the following questions.

a) Is your partner

The opposite sex?
The same sex?

b) Do you and your partner currently have any shared financial commitments (e.g. rent, mortgage, childcare etc.)?

Yes
No

c) Are you married to your partner?

Yes
No

 

Section 2: Harassment and discrimination at work

23. To your knowledge, does your institution have a Harassment or Bullying policy?

Yes
 No Don't know

If yes, does this cover:

Staff?
 Students? Both?

24. Within the last 5 years and while working in higher education do you feel that you have suffered any discrimination?

Yes
No

If you answered NO please go straight to Question 25.

If you have answered YES was this in any of the following ways? Tick any / all that apply

Non-renewal of contract
Not being offered a job for which you thought you were the best qualified candidate
Not being promoted
Denied opportunity to develop career (e.g. denied study leave, training etc.)
Being selected for redundancy
Subject to unwarranted disciplinary proceedings
Other

a) Did you think this discrimination was: Tick any / all that apply

Sexual/sexist
 Homophobic Racist
Anti-feminist
 On grounds of disability On grounds of religion

If Other, please specify

b) Was this reported?

No
By you
By a colleague
By both

c) Was any action taken?

Yes
No

d) Was your union consulted for advice or support?

Yes
No

25. Within the last 5 years have you experienced any bullying or harassment while working in a higher education institution?

Yes
No

If you answered NO please go straight to Question 26.

If you have answered YES was this:

 By staff By students
Sexual/sexist
Homophobic
Anti-feminist
Racist
On grounds of disability
On grounds of religion
Unfounded/false accusations
Bullying or harassment of any other kind (please specify)

Tick any/all that apply

a) How severe, in your opinion, was this?

Mild
 Fairly serious Very serious

b) What form did this take?

physical violence
threats aggressive questions
abuse jokes or teasing exclusion or ostracism
other  

Please give more details if you wish :

c) Was this reported?

No
By you
By a colleague
Both

d) Was action taken?

Yes
No

e) Was your union consulted for advice or support?

Yes
No

26. To your knowledge, does your institution's Equal Opportunities Policy cover sexual orientation?

Yes
No
Not Sure

If yes, does this cover:

Staff
Students
Both
Not sure

 

Section 3: About your immediate working environment

27: In general, how comfortable do you feel your immediate working environment is for:

not at all very
1 2 3 4 Don't know
Heterosexual Women?
Heterosexual Men?
Lesbians?
Gay men?
Other sexual minorities?

 

28. In general, how supportive do you feel your immediate working environment is of:

  not at all     very  
  1 2 3 4 Don't know
Anti-sexist policies?
Anti-heterosexist policies?
Anti-racist policies
Disability policies?
Feminist policies?

29. To your knowledge are any people in your immediate working environment: tick any/ all that apply

Heterosexual
 Lesbian
Bisexual Gay

If Other, please specify:

30. Approximately how many staff in your immediate working environment do you think are aware of your sexual orientation?

All
 Most Some
A few None Don't know

31. Do you conceal or avoid revealing your sexual orientation:

 Always Mostly Sometimes Rarely Never
To immediate colleagues?
To other colleagues?
To management?
To students?

32. Do you feel comfortable talking about your home/social life :

 Always Mostly Sometimes Rarely Never
To immediate colleagues?
To other colleagues?
To management?
To students?

33. How comfortable do you feel attending work related social events?

not at all
 Very

34. If you were in a relationship would you:

a) feel comfortable mentioning your partner?

 Always Mostly Sometimes Rarely Never
To immediate colleagues?
To other colleagues?
To management?
To students?

b) avoid mentioning the gender of your partner?

 Always Mostly Sometimes Rarely Never
To immediate colleagues?
To other colleagues?
To management?
To students?

c) How comfortable would you feel bringing your partner to work related social events where other colleagues' partners would be present?

not at all
 Very

 

Section 4: Employment benefits

35. Death-in-service benefit

Have you nominated anyone to receive death-in-service benefit (i.e. lump sum) of your pension?

Yes
No

If yes, what, if any, is your relationship to this person / these people?

36. Pension entitlement

If you are not married, have you informed your pension scheme of who you would wish to receive the ongoing pension benefit after your death?

Yes
No

Who?

Your partner
Child under 18
Other

If other please specify:

37. If you were in an established relationship would you be able to ask for/take time off in the following circumstances: e.g. If your

 Yes No Not sure
Partner was ill?
Partner died?
Partners' parent was ill or died?
Biological children were ill?

Children you parent or co-parent were ill?
Long term emotional/sexual relationship broke down?
Partner was having a baby?

38. Does your University have benefits (e.g. sports facilities) available to married partners?

Yes
No
Don't know

Are the same university benefits available to:

a) Unmarried partners of the opposite sex?

Yes
No
Don't know

b) Unmarried partners of the same sex?

Yes
No
Don't know

39. Do you have any additional comments?

 

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