The proportion of UK academics with teaching qualifications has risen to a record high, figures suggest.
Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Authority (Hesa) data shows that 75.3 per cent of full-time academics had a teaching qualification in 2021-22 – of the 89,000 or so for whom that detail was known.
This was up from 74.8 per cent the year before, and the highest proportion since comparable records began in 2014-15 – when just 69.6 per cent were qualified.
Hesa said it has been mandatory for providers to return information on teaching qualifications since 2012-13, but until recently many submissions had been incomplete.
