Study title

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The purpose of this study was to examine the educational field's voting intentions at the October 10th General Election and their attitudes to a number of educational issues. In addition, it was decided to re-interview those asked about their voting intentions immediately after the election to determine how they actually voted.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
There were three types of questionnaire:
1. University lecturers, polytechnic lecturers and post-graduate students
2. College of education/further education lecturers
3. Secondary/primary school teachers
Issues covered in all three:
Years of teaching experience, voting intention, political support and previous voting pattern, opinion of a Coalition Government.
Educational issues: role of parents, statutory incomes policy, elimination of grammar schools, direct payment of education staff by central government, raising the school leaving age.
Questions asked only in:
1. Faculty/subject(s) taught/studied, occupational grade, opinion on control of universities/polytechnics by an oligarchy (professionals and heads of departments).
2. Faculty/subject(s) taught/studied, occupational grade.
3. Subject taught, occupational grade.
Background Variables
Age, sex, type of institution.