Staff qualifications more nuanced

Niall Murray’s recent article on staff qualifications in the Institute of Technology sector presents raw figures that are interesting, but there are nuances that might have been included to provide a clearer picture.

Previous articles on this topic have compared the percentage of staff with PhDs in the IoTs v the universities. Such a comparison is not valid as almost all programmes in the universities are at Levels 8-10. In the IoTs, a considerable amount of work is done at Levels 6 & 7.

So, a valid comparison would be the percentage of staff teaching at Levels 8-10 in both the IoTs and the universities that have PhDs. The same would go for comparisons of staff who hold Level 9 and 10 qualifications.