South West Academic application breakdown 2014
Introduction
The following short report provides a breakdown of the applications made to the South West Academic Unit of Application (AUoA) for August 2014. The purpose of the report is to inform discussions on the process this year and in due course to help plan future recruitment rounds.
Application breakdown
The South West AUoA includes 12 Academic Research focussed jobs based in Severn and 1 Research and 4 Education jobs based in Peninsula. 122 applications were received by the AUoA in the 2014 process and 66% of those were interviewed. Table 1 below compares these figures to previous years. Table 2 illustrates the status of post acceptances at the time of this report.
Table 1: number of applications received and interviews offered
|
Year |
Number of applications received |
Number of interviews |
|
2011 |
126 |
33% |
|
2012 |
108 |
58% |
|
2013* |
88 |
69%** |
|
2014 |
122 |
66%*** |
*from 2013 applicants were only able to rank 2 UoAs
**8 interviewed in both locations for Research and Education posts
***15 interviewed in both locations for Research and Education posts
Table 2: Offers and acceptances 2014
|
|
Round 1 acceptances |
Cascade 1 acceptances |
Cascade 2 acceptances |
|
Peninsula |
2 |
2(1) |
tbc |
|
Severn |
7(2) |
5(1) |
- |
EPM and successful appointments
Each applicant has been awarded an Educational Performance Measure (EPM) of between 34 to 43 points. In 2014 the EPM score was used as part of the final score for applicants but a bottom 5 decile score did not deem an applicant ineligible as it had done the previous year. Of the offers accepted to date, 3 applicants were in the 6th decile (2 Severn, 1 Peninsula) and 1 applicant was in the 8th decile (Severn). These applicants are indicated in red in table 2 above to indicate if they received a first round or reserve list offer. Severn offers reached the 20th candidate of a possible 42 on their list of interviewed applicants; to date Peninsula offers have reached the 13th candidate of a possible 19.
- Summary
122 applications were received by the AUoA in the 2014 process and 66% of those were interviewed. The majority of posts were offered and accepted in the first round and first cascade; at the time of this report Peninsula has a final offer to be made in the second cascade.
Of the offers accepted to date, 3 applicants were in the 6th decile (2 Severn, 1 Peninsula) and 1 applicant was in the 8th decile (Severn). Severn offers reached the 20th candidate of a possible 42 on their list of interviewed applicants; to date Peninsula offers have reached the 13th candidate of a possible 19.
Jane Bunce
Foundation School Manager
February 2014