University Staff 1989 to 1998

APPENDIX 1

UNIVERSITY STAFF DATA

Table A1 Academic and non-academic staff (FTE), 1989-1998

Year	Academic classifications	Non–academic classifications	Total staff
1989	28 451	37 209	65 660
1990	29 502	37 592	67 094
1991	32 258	40 751	73 009
1992	34 385	42 334	76 719
1993	35 334	43 192	78 526
1994	35 773	43 575	79 348
1995	36 573	44 723	81 296
1996	37 497	45 860	83 357
1997	36 527	44 684	81 211
1998	36 060	44 225	80 285

Table A2 Academic staff by classification (FTE), 1989-1998

Year	Above senior lecturer	Senior lecturer	Lecturer	Below lecturer		Total academic staff
1989	4 474	6 659	10 861	6 457	28 451
1990	4 690	6 831	11 574	6 408	29 503
1991	5 107	6 999	12 746	7 407	32 259
1992	5 320	7 472	13 081	8 512	34 385
1993	5 540	7 800	13 030	8 964	35 334
1994	5 872	7 874	12 880	9 147	35 773
1995	6 008	7 962	12 953	9 650	36 573
1996	6 209	8 014	13 017	10 256	37 496
1997	6 320	7 909	12 401	9 897	36 527
1998	6 361	7 780	12 081	9 838	36 060

Table A3 Academic staff by work contract (FTE), 1989-1998

Year	Full–time	Fractional full time	Casual	Total
1989	23 491	1 428	3 532	28 451
1990	24 780	1 750	2 972	29 502
1991	26 154	1 834	4 271	32 259
1992	27 313	2 043	5 029	34 385
1993	28 072	2 092	5 170	35 334
1994	28 224	2 052	5 497	35 773
1995	28 587	2 210	5 777	36 574
1996	28 912	2 344	6 241	37 497
1997	28 302	2 416	5 810	36 528
1998	27 557	2 592	5 911	36 060

Table A4 Casual academic staff as proportion of academic staff by function, 1989 and 1998

Casual academic staff figures for 1998 have been estimated. Estimations were based on the fact that casual staff comprised 3 per cent of total academics staff in 1997. This figure which has been held constant for 1998. See Table 6 for academic staff by function (FTE) figures.

Table A5 Non-academic staff by work contract (FTE), 1989-1998

Year	Full–time	Fractional full time	Casual	Total
1989	30 976	3 630	2 603	37 209
1990	31 861	3 944	1 787	37 592
1991	33 599	4 181	2 970	40 750
1992	34 551	4 503	3 280	42 334
1993	35 083	4 620	3 488	43 191
1994	35 212	4 771	3 592	43 575
1995	35 762	4 947	4 014	44 723
1996	36 342	5 105	4 413	45 860
1997	34 469	5 495	4 720	44 684
1998	33 728	5 698	4 800	44 226

Table A6 Academic staff by function (FTE), 1989-1998

Year	Teaching only	Research only	Teaching and research	Other	Total
1989	9 973	2 105	15 730	643	28 451
1990	8 138	2 617	18 201	546	29 502
1991	7 046	3 025	21 523	664	32 258
1992	7 620	3 299	22 679	786	34 384
1993	6 375	3 633	24 411	915	35 334
1994	7 197	3 886	23 895	795	35 773
1995	7 046	4 290	24 405	831	36 572
1996	6 963	4 566	25 045	923	37 497
1997	6 486	5 063	24 114	865	36 528
1998	6 403	4 998	23 805	854	36 060

Table A7 Women as proportion of classification (FTE), 1989 and 1998⁴

		1989		1998
Above Senior Lecturer	Females	352	893
	Total	4 448	6 213
Senior Lecturer	Females	949	2 022
	Total	6 627	7 629
Lecturer	Females	3 288	4 429
	Total	9 771	10 558
Below Lecturer	Females	2 066	2 923
	Total	4 072	5 747
Non–academic	Females	18 519	23 110
	Total	34 606	39 426
TOTAL	Persons	59 525	69 574

Table A8 Postgraduate completions, 1989-1997⁵

Year	Higher degree—research		Higher degree—coursework		Other postgraduate		Bachelor		Other undergraduate		TOTAL
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Persons
1989	1 322	607	1 852	1 162	6 405	9 131	24 509	27 575	4 691	10 455	87 709
1990	1 221	646	2 039	1 320	6 038	8 977	25 558	30 127	4 043	9 786	89 755
1991	1 385	715	2 770	1 908	7 432	10 938	27 723	35 435	3 813	9 239	101 358
1992	1 372	810	3 498	2 606	8 067	11 680	31 181	43 266	3 204	6 814	112 498
1993	1 527	963	4 208	3 344	8 482	12 613	34 114	49 772	3 198	4 749	122 970
1994	1 836	1 227	4 891	4 088	8 452	12 444	35 454	53 644	2 183	2 368	126 587
1995	1 996	1 440	5 357	4 654	8 263	12 352	35 563	53 380	2 343	1 720	127 068
1996	2 237	1 635	5 808	5 355	8 622	13 425	35 308	51 960	2 137	1 596	128 083
1997	2 364	1 822	6 373	6 068	8 886	14 034	36 995	54 213	1 973	1 367	134 095

Table A9 Representation of women in Academic Organisational Units (FTE), 1989 and 1998⁶

AOU	Gender	1989		1998
Humanities	Female	840	1 144
	Male	1 653	1 498
Social Studies	Female	811	1 024
	Male	1 661	1 449
Education	Female	914	882
	Male	1 600	997
Science	Female	618	683
	Male	2 684	2 557
Maths, Computing	Female	260	382
	Male	1 453	1 475
Visual, Performing Arts	Female	304	396
	Male	693	722
Engineering Processing	Female	34	114
	Male	1 481	1 556
Health Sciences	Female	1 320	1 466
	Male	1 224	1 378
Admin, Business, Economics, Law	Female	873	1 354
	Male	2 501	3 013
Built Environment	Female	53	116
	Male	427	452
Agriculture, Renewable Resources	Female	122	141
	Male	605	603
No Info on AOU Group	Female	214	219
	Male	445	443
TOTAL	Persons	22 790	24 064

Table A10 Representation of female students and staff by Academic Organisational Units, 1998

AOU

Female students

Male students

Total Students

Humanities	37 026	19110	56136
Social Studies	42 706	18594	62925
Education	31 837	10576	42413
Science	29 974	26699	56673
Maths Computing	18 458	36037	47256
Visual Performing Arts	17 145	9442	26587
Engineering Processing	4 669	25688	30357
Health Sciences	32 180	12166	43793
Admin Business	64 907	65334	125016
Built Environment	4 835	8456	13291
Agriculture Renewable Resources	3 579	4673	8987
TOTAL	287 316	236775	524091

Table A11 Indigenous staff in higher education institutions (FTE), 1994-1998

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Senior lecturer and above		15	38	44	52
lecturer and below	60	91	86	116	146
non–academic	56	184	222	252	258
total	131	304	346	412	456

Table A12 Indigenous Australians as a percentage of academic staff and non-overseas postgraduate students (FTE), 1994-1998

Postgraduate students
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Australian	106 987	112 223	118 348	120 942	117 435
Indigenous	456	521	558	723	791
Indigenous as percentage of Australian	0.43	0.46	0.47	0.60	0.67


Academic staff
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
All staff	32 195	32 820	33 313	33 229	32 663
Indigenous staff	76	124	128	175	208
Indigenous staff as percentage of all staff	0.24	0.38	0.38	0.53	0.64

Table A13 Age profile for academic staff by gender (number), 1998⁷

Age		Female		Male		Total
<25	221		168		389
25–29	810		886		1 696
30–34	1 307		1 974		3 281
35–39	1 929		3 018		4 947
40–44	2 233		3 420		5 653
45–49	2 175		3 632		5 807
50–54	1 691		3 977		5 668
55–59	785		2 723		3 508
60–64	255		1 119		1 374
>64	57		283		340
Total	11 463		21 200		32 663

Table A14 Age profile for academic staff (number), 1989, 1998 and 2008⁸

Age		1989		1998		2008 Projection
<25	506		389		476
25–29	1 719		1 696		1 823
30–34	3 097		3 281		3 477
35–39	4 300		4 947		4 891
40–44	5 287		5 653		5 683
45–49	4 740		5 807		5 943
50–54	3 542		5 668		5 395
55–59	2 137		3 508		4 095
60–64	977		1 374		2 058
65–69	84		284		373
70+	11		56		102
TOTAL	26400		32663		34317

⁴ Figures for this table do not include estimated casuals.

⁵ 1998 data not available at time of publication.

⁶ Figures for this table do not include 'Research Only' staff. Data on 'Research Only' Staff for 1998 was not available at time of publication.

⁷ Figures for this table do not include estimated casuals.

⁸ Figures for this table do not include estimated casuals.

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