Chart 1
Proportion of full-time academic staff by rank, 1967/1968 to 2017/2018

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).

Chart description

This is a line chart.

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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