{"id":1845,"date":"2025-04-15T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:11:26","slug":"participation-in-university-culture-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"Participation in University Culture Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is the response of Cambridge University to the article in The Observer<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, any survey has sampling error and biases. The results always need careful interpretation. However, many of the responses in the University Culture Survey give grave cause for concern at the effectiveness of the University’s anti-bullying policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participation in the University Culture Survey was patchy. One reason is that the University claimed that the survey was anonymous. However, each individual got an individually identifiable link<\/strong>. This means that it is in principle possible to match each response with the email address to which it was sent. The survey was therefore not anonymous (though it may have been confidential). This led a number of people to fail to complete the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some departments, this defect was well-known and depressed participation rates. Astronomy is the department with the low total response rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Astronomy, there are also regular staff surveys. They paint the same picture of a department in which individuals have been raising very serious concerns over bullying for some years without effective action being taken. The participation rates of the Departmental Staff Survey are very much higher & show the same as the Staff Culture Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We agree that all surveys need careful scrutiny, but there is plenty in the University Culture Survey that gives cause for concern and suggests that many university policies are not effective enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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