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Table 1 Selected demographic details of qualitative item respondents compared to survey respondents overall

From: Responsible but powerless: staff qualitative perspectives on cheating in higher education

 

Survey

n = 1,147

Open text item

n = 315

 

Survey

n = 1,147

Open text item

n = 315

Gender

  

Programs taught *

  

Female

Male

Other

Prefer not to say

59.2%

39.2%

0.3%

1.3%

56.4%

41.4%

0%

1.6%

Pathway/Foundation

Undergraduate

PG Coursework

PG Research

7.1%

68.7%

35.8%

28.4%

9.1%

84.3%

50.5%

33.5%

Main campus location

  

Main teaching mode

  

Work from home

Metropolitan

Rural/regional

Transnational

8.0%

83.1%

8.5%

0.4%

10.0%

81.8%

7.5%

0%

Internal (F2F)

External (online only)

Blended

61.4%

4.5%

34.1%

56.7%

5.6%

37.3%

Discipline

  

Employment type

  

Health Sciences

Education

Business & Commerce

Architecture & Buildings

Arts/Humanities

Creative Arts/Performance

Earth and Env. Sciences

Engineering

IT

Law

Maths

Media/Comm. Studies

Science

Other

21.1%

13.7%

13.4%

1.7%

10.0%

1.7%

2.4%

6.0%

2.7%

5.7%

2.4%

1.3%

10.2%

7.8%

19.7%

12.9%

13.2%

0.9%

11.9%

1.9%

2.8%

7.5%

1.9%

6.0%

1.6%

1.9%

7.8%

8.2%

Continuing

Fixed-term

Casual/Sessional

Level of employment

Non-academic

Associate Lecturer

Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor

Professor

Not sure

48.7%

21.4%

29.9%

16.0%

11.9%

21.9%

18.7%

7.5%

6.4%

17.5%

49.5%

21.9%

28.2%

12.2%

14.4%

21.0%

22.3%

8.8%

5.0%

14.7%

  1. * Respondents were asked to select all that applied, so responses total more than 100%