Dear Claire

Happy to circulate

Happy NEW Year to you and all HERAG colleagues

Kind regards

Maxine

From: Higher Education Race Action Group alerts and communications [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Claire Herbert
Sent: 08 January 2014 12:43
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Academic retention survey CRM:0039009

Apologies for cross-posting

Dear colleague,

Equality Challenge Unit and University of Southampton are conducting a study exploring the factors that influence UK/British academics moving overseas to pursue their careers.

We are writing to ask whether you would be able to disseminate our survey (www.isurvey.soton.ac.uk/9599), which is live until 28 February 2014, to academic staff at your institution. The survey is open to all academics with British nationality or citizenship (both currently in the UK and overseas) and we want to get as many responses as possible.

The message below provides more details and could be forwarded on to your staff.

We will share findings from the research with the sector later this year.

Many thanks in advance for any support with this work.

Best wishes,

Claire

Claire Herbert
Senior Policy Adviser

Equality Challenge Unit
T: 020 7438 1016

M: 07889 757 503
E: [log in to unmask]

Follow me on Twitter: @ECUClaireH

Subscribe to our Equalitylink newsletter

Dear colleagues,

Equality Challenge Unit and University of Southampton are conducting a study exploring the factors that influence UK/British academics moving overseas to pursue their careers, and they are currently running a survey as part of the study.

Previous research has indicated that differences in the structures, cultures and processes in higher education in different countries may encourage some individuals to move overseas and they are hoping to establish what can be done to retain academics in the UK.

The survey is open until Friday 28 February to all academics with British nationality or citizenship (both currently in the UK and overseas) and can be accessed through this link:
www.isurvey.soton.ac.uk/9599

Please also forward the survey on to other UK academic colleagues currently working in higher education either in the UK or overseas.

Using the results of the survey, their project aims to:

· understand to what extent UK/British academics consider moving to work in higher education (HE) overseas and determine if there is a difference by ethnicity

· understand the reasons (both push and pull factors) which contribute to their actual or potential migration to overseas higher education institutions (HEIs) and whether these factors vary by ethnicity

· establish what UK HEIs can do to retain minority ethnic academics, and attract back those who have left

Please do not hesitate to contact Dr Kalwant Bhopal, Principal Investigator at University of Southampton if you have any questions.

[log in to unmask]
T: 023 8059 3474
F: 023 8059 3556