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Proportion of full-time academic staff by rank, 1967/1968 to 2017/2018

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% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 Full professorFull professor Associate professorAssociate professor Assistant professorAssistant professor Rank/level below assistant professorRank/level below assistant professor
Note(s):
UCASS was cancelled from 2011 to 2015. A full data set for these years is not yet available.
Source(s):
Full–time – University and College Academic Staff System (FT-UCASS) (3101).

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Proportion of full-time academic staff by rank, 1967/1968 to 2017/2018, %
  Full professor Associate professor Assistant professor Rank/level below assistant professor
1967 19.8 24.8 36.4 19.0
1968 19.8 25.9 37.3 17.1
1969 20.5 27.3 38.7 13.5
1970 20.0 26.8 37.2 16.0
1971 21.0 28.6 36.8 13.5
1972 21.8 30.3 36.0 11.9
1973 23.1 32.1 34.2 10.6
1974 24.2 33.4 32.8 9.6
1975 25.4 35.1 30.9 8.5
1976 26.8 37.1 28.9 7.2
1977 27.8 37.9 27.6 6.7
1978 28.6 39.2 25.7 6.5
1979 30.1 39.6 24.3 6.0
1980 31.5 40.1 22.8 5.6
1981 32.9 40.1 21.9 5.1
1982 34.8 39.8 20.4 4.9
1983 35.3 39.4 20.5 4.8
1984 36.0 39.1 20.3 4.6
1985 36.8 38.4 20.3 4.4
1986 37.5 37.9 20.3 4.3
1987 37.9 37.4 20.5 4.2
1988 38.0 36.7 21.0 4.3
1989 38.2 36.2 21.3 4.3
1990 38.5 35.5 21.8 4.2
1991 39.6 34.4 21.9 4.1
1992 40.0 34.3 21.8 3.9
1993 40.3 34.7 21.3 3.7
1994 41.1 35.3 20.2 3.5
1995 41.4 35.5 19.7 3.4
1996 41.8 36.0 18.9 3.4
1997 41.5 36.1 18.8 3.6
1998 41.6 36.0 18.9 3.6
1999 41.4 34.9 19.9 3.8
2000 40.7 34.3 20.9 4.1
2001 39.8 33.4 22.5 4.3
2002 38.8 32.6 24.1 4.5
2003 37.9 32.1 25.1 4.9
2004 36.6 31.7 26.7 5.1
2005 35.6 32.1 27.0 5.3
2006 34.8 32.7 27.1 5.4
2007 34.6 33.2 26.8 5.4
2008 34.6 34.1 26.0 5.3
2009 33.7 34.2 24.3 7.8
2010 33.9 35.1 23.1 7.9
2011        
2012        
2013        
2014        
2015        
2016 36.4 36.5 19.2 8.0
2017 36.7 35.8 19.2 8.3
Note(s):
UCASS was cancelled from 2011 to 2015. A full data set for these years is not yet available.
Source(s):
Full–time – University and College Academic Staff System (FT-UCASS) (3101).
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