Staff wellbeing in higher education
Written By: Author(s): Richard Faulkner
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Original research by:
O’Brien T and Guiney D (2018) Staff wellbeing in higher education. London: Education Support Partnership.
Introduction
This study, conducted for the Education Support Partnership (ESP), examines staff wellbeing in higher education. The researchers interviewed staff members from across 25 higher education institutions, with a view to identifying key emergent themes for further research, discussion and dissemination.
What is the research underpinning it?
How did the researcher(s) conduct the research?
The researchers held 25 in-depth semi-structured interviews covering 25 higher education institutions. ESP provided access to the participants by giving the researchers lists of email addresses of staff members working in higher education that were randomly selected from their database. The researchers then approached potential participants by email and asked if they would like to take part in a phone interview. Four waves of random sampling were needed to achieve the total number
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