Summary information
Study title
Managing Career Endings and the Transition to Retirement, 2020
Creator
Crow, G, University of Edinburgh
Study number / PID
854868 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-854868 (DOI)
Data access
Open
Series
Not available
Abstract
The project involved two linked online surveys, both based on availability samples with individuals recruited by publicising the research in relevant fora. The first focused on individuals currently employed as an academic at a UK university and thinking (or starting to think) about retirement (achieved n=81). The second comprised individuals previously employed as an academic at a UK university and now mainly or wholly retired from that role (achieved n=161). For the second group, ‘mainly or wholly retired’ was defined as the situation where the greater part or all of one’s income comes from a pension or pensions and any continued university employment accounts for only a minor part or none of one’s income. Academic staff from any discipline were eligible to take part.
This project investigates the views and experiences of later career and retired academic staff in the United Kingdom. It has a particular focus on how academics currently in post anticipate the transition to retirement and in the experiences of academics who have mainly or wholly retired (defined as the situation where the greater part or all of a person’s income comes from their pension or pensions and any continued university employment accounts for only a minor part or none of their income).
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Methodology
Data collection period
01/05/2020 - 30/09/2020
Country
United Kingdom
Time dimension
Not availableAnalysis unit
Individual
Universe
Not availableSampling procedure
Not availableKind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
The project had a mixed method research design including: two surveys (one for academic staff pre-retirement and one for those who have mainly or wholly retired from that role), an imagined futures essay component, qualitative interviews, and the analysis of documents relating to policies adopted by UK Universities that relate to the retirement of their staff.The project involved two linked online surveys, both based on availability samples with individuals recruited by publicising the research in relevant fora. The first focused on individuals currently employed as an academic at a UK university and thinking (or starting to think) about retirement (achieved n=81). The second comprised individuals previously employed as an academic at a UK university and now mainly or wholly retired from that role (achieved n=161). For the second group, ‘mainly or wholly retired’ was defined as the situation where the greater part or all of one’s income comes from a pension or pensions and any continued university employment accounts for only a minor part or none of one’s income. Academic staff from any discipline were eligible to take part.
Funding information
Grant number
RF-2019-623
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2021
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access.
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