Cross UK GTA Survey

1.What University do you work at?

2.What subject area do you work in?

3.Who employs you for the teaching duties you conduct?

The University for whom I conduct the teaching

Unitemps

A University-owned agency

An agency

I am not employed to do these duties as they are part of my scholarship

Other (please specify)

4.In your role as a GTA how are your hours determined?

I am on a zero-hours contract/no set minimum hours

I am appointed for a set minimum of hours a week, but the hours I work regularly vary (I fill out a time-sheet with the hours I work)

I fill out a casual appointment form for each bit of teaching I complete (CAS 1 form)

I am provided with a set numbers of hours and pay in an appointment letter at the start of the semester

I am on a ‘fractional’ contract (e.g., 0.8, 0.3)

I have to teach as part of my scholarship and do not get paid extra for this work

I have to teach unpaid in order to get my PhD (it is not part scholarship)

Don’t know

Other (please specify)

5.How (and how much) are you paid?

What is your hourly pay? (or use to specify 'other')

7.Think about the training you receive in your role as a GTA/TA (under normal circumstances) and tick which apply to you.

All the training I receive is mandatory

All the training I receive is voluntary

Some of the training I receive is mandatory

I receive no training

The training I receive is adequate

I get paid for all the training I receive

I get paid for some of the training I receive

I do not get paid for the training I receive

8.Were you able to teach your allocated classes during the crisis?

Yes

No, my role cannot be conducted online (e.g. laboratory demonstration)

No, I have been unable to teach due to sickness

No, I have been unable to teach due to caring responsibilities

No, I have been unable to teach as I have not had access to appropriate equipment.

No, I have been unable to teach, for some other reason

Other (please specify)

9.Which of these apply to your experience of working during the crisis?

I have had to work extra hours

I have received training to teach online

There have been additional arrangements in place to ensure that I will be paid whether or not I was able to do the duties I was contracted to do

We have been informed that there will be no work for me next year

We have been informed the work available next year will be significantly reduced

We have been informed that there will be an increase in work available next year

It is unclear whether there is going to be a change in the volume of work provided next year

N/A

Other (please specify)

10.Any other comments (inc. comments regarding how you are represented as a GTA e.g. unions/at University level; home-working arrangements; concerns not covered here)?