The University of Huddersfield has the highest proportion of academic staff with a known teaching qualification, out of 130 universities in England.
Of its 780 academic staff members, 90 per cent are known to have a teaching qualification. In second position is Teesside University, also in the North of England, with 84 per cent of staff with known teaching qualifications.
The data, collected between 2014 and 2015, were released by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) and analysed by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa).
An academic staff members is counted as holding a teaching qualification if they hold a credit-bearing higher education teaching qualification, or another relevant teaching qualification, or have been recognised in other ways for their teaching expertise, according to Hesa’s definition.
Teaching qualifications are likely to factor in to the government’s teaching excellence framework assessment of UK universities, which will determine funding, tuition fee caps and student recruitment quotas.
At the bottom of the ranking is London Business School, which has no known staff members with teaching qualifications. Only 3 per cent of the academic faculty are known to be qualified teachers at both Soas, University of London and the University of Cambridge.
Hefce states that “information about teaching qualifications has been identified as important to students and is seen as an indicator of individual and institutional commitment to teaching and learning”.
Tim Thornton, the deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, said: “Everyone at Huddersfield puts the experience of our students at the heart of their work. I am delighted that these figures confirm the University of Huddersfield’s position as the sector’s leader in our commitment to high quality teaching and learning.”
Top universities in England with the most qualified academic staff
2014-2015 data from HEFCE. Read the HESA report here.
|
Institution |
Teaching qualification held |
No teaching qualification held |
Not known |
Total staff |
|
90% |
8% |
3% |
780 |
|
|
84% |
13% |
3% |
715 |
|
|
83% |
16% |
1% |
345 |
|
|
82% |
18% |
0% |
680 |
|
|
University of St Mark and St John |
79% |
17% |
4% |
105 |
|
79% |
20% |
2% |
1,265 |
|
|
78% |
22% |
0% |
150 |
|
|
78% |
22% |
0% |
300 |
|
|
76% |
16% |
9% |
435 |
|
|
75% |
23% |
2% |
95 |
|
|
Plymouth College of Art |
74% |
26% |
0% |
140 |
|
Plymouth University |
73% |
23% |
4% |
1,175 |
|
73% |
26% |
2% |
60 |
|
|
72% |
28% |
0% |
165 |
|
|
Anglia Ruskin University |
72% |
19% |
9% |
850 |
|
71% |
28% |
2% |
900 |
|
|
70% |
30% |
0% |
295 |
|
|
69% |
31% |
0% |
125 |
|
|
69% |
22% |
9% |
995 |
|
|
Roehampton University |
68% |
4% |
28% |
505 |
|
68% |
2% |
30% |
2,980 |
|
|
68% |
31% |
1% |
160 |
|
|
68% |
27% |
6% |
745 |
|
|
67% |
29% |
3% |
1,625 |
|
|
Leeds College of Art |
66% |
34% |
0% |
170 |
|
66% |
22% |
11% |
355 |
|
|
66% |
34% |
1% |
760 |
|
|
65% |
23% |
12% |
655 |
|
|
Southampton Solent University |
63% |
37% |
0% |
850 |
|
63% |
31% |
6% |
70 |
|
|
63% |
32% |
5% |
610 |
|
|
62% |
28% |
11% |
690 |
|
|
61% |
24% |
15% |
1,410 |
|
|
61% |
29% |
11% |
805 |
|
|
60% |
25% |
14% |
215 |
|
|
Bucks New University |
60% |
36% |
4% |
540 |
|
60% |
2% |
38% |
555 |
|
|
59% |
39% |
2% |
1,140 |
|
|
59% |
31% |
9% |
1,335 |
|
|
59% |
27% |
14% |
1,070 |
|
|
58% |
19% |
23% |
410 |
|
|
58% |
41% |
2% |
950 |
|
|
56% |
0% |
44% |
2,005 |
|
|
55% |
45% |
0% |
1,405 |
|
|
55% |
16% |
29% |
2,525 |
|
|
55% |
25% |
20% |
810 |
|
|
55% |
22% |
23% |
1,610 |
|
|
54% |
44% |
2% |
1,690 |
|
|
53% |
9% |
38% |
2,140 |
|
|
53% |
21% |
26% |
1,015 |
|
|
53% |
31% |
16% |
200 |
|
|
53% |
38% |
9% |
1,290 |
|
|
52% |
32% |
16% |
1,060 |
|
|
52% |
22% |
26% |
1,105 |
|
|
51% |
26% |
23% |
1,360 |
|
|
51% |
12% |
36% |
1,330 |
|
|
49% |
33% |
18% |
1,725 |
|
|
49% |
49% |
2% |
395 |
|
|
49% |
3% |
48% |
1,505 |
|
|
49% |
22% |
29% |
95 |
|
|
49% |
11% |
40% |
2,380 |
|
|
Staffordshire University |
48% |
0% |
52% |
1,060 |
|
46% |
21% |
32% |
6,435 |
|
|
46% |
32% |
22% |
1,525 |
|
|
46% |
54% |
0% |
145 |
|
|
45% |
44% |
11% |
1,760 |
|
|
45% |
29% |
26% |
2,800 |
|
|
45% |
20% |
36% |
840 |
|
|
Norwich University of the Arts |
44% |
56% |
0% |
160 |
|
44% |
15% |
40% |
1,790 |
|
|
44% |
52% |
4% |
1,320 |
|
|
44% |
18% |
38% |
1,470 |
|
|
43% |
10% |
47% |
1,560 |
|
|
43% |
0% |
57% |
740 |
|
|
43% |
54% |
4% |
85 |
|
|
42% |
9% |
49% |
2,800 |
|
|
42% |
15% |
43% |
1,350 |
|
|
42% |
36% |
23% |
150 |
|
|
42% |
23% |
36% |
1,225 |
|
|
41% |
30% |
29% |
1,230 |
|
|
41% |
23% |
36% |
255 |
|
|
Brunel University London |
41% |
24% |
35% |
1,215 |
|
41% |
56% |
4% |
1,240 |
|
|
41% |
35% |
24% |
3,345 |
|
|
40% |
2% |
58% |
1,885 |
|
|
40% |
40% |
19% |
2,430 |
|
|
40% |
13% |
47% |
840 |
|
|
40% |
23% |
38% |
2,050 |
|
|
39% |
49% |
12% |
1,525 |
|
|
38% |
40% |
21% |
1,745 |
|
|
38% |
25% |
38% |
1,380 |
|
|
37% |
61% |
2% |
450 |
|
|
37% |
63% |
0% |
1,970 |
|
|
37% |
11% |
52% |
530 |
|
|
37% |
53% |
10% |
2,035 |
|
|
37% |
6% |
57% |
1,030 |
|
|
36% |
62% |
2% |
450 |
|
|
36% |
15% |
49% |
2,330 |
|
|
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London |
36% |
64% |
0% |
75 |
|
35% |
25% |
41% |
2,955 |
|
|
35% |
41% |
25% |
1,195 |
|
|
34% |
1% |
65% |
940 |
|
|
34% |
40% |
26% |
2,195 |
|
|
34% |
10% |
56% |
485 |
|
|
33% |
37% |
30% |
1,715 |
|
|
33% |
58% |
10% |
1,840 |
|
|
32% |
62% |
6% |
265 |
|
|
32% |
18% |
50% |
1,745 |
|
|
31% |
40% |
29% |
1,595 |
|
|
30% |
65% |
5% |
295 |
|
|
29% |
71% |
0% |
2,640 |
|
|
29% |
34% |
37% |
1,510 |
|
|
29% |
50% |
21% |
345 |
|
|
26% |
67% |
7% |
1,805 |
|
|
26% |
41% |
33% |
65 |
|
|
24% |
17% |
59% |
340 |
|
|
University College London |
23% |
14% |
63% |
4,050 |
|
23% |
38% |
39% |
1,795 |
|
|
University of London |
19% |
81% |
0% |
55 |
|
19% |
81% |
0% |
600 |
|
|
17% |
25% |
58% |
2,035 |
|
|
15% |
1% |
84% |
3,110 |
|
|
13% |
0% |
87% |
1,470 |
|
|
13% |
88% |
0% |
40 |
|
|
10% |
81% |
9% |
295 |
|
|
9% |
12% |
79% |
1,155 |
|
|
6% |
76% |
18% |
300 |
|
|
3% |
2% |
95% |
2,045 |
|
|
Soas, University of London |
3% |
1% |
97% |
955 |
|
0% |
100% |
0% |
120 |
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