Thank you to everyone who completed the 2024 staff engagement survey, which closed on 22 November 2024. We achieved a 68% response rate (down 1% from last year) and an engagement score of 77% (same as last year鈥檚 survey) both of which are above the Russell Group average.
As in previous years, the results have been clustered into seven themes:聽Autonomy, Enablement, Engagement, Environmental Sustainability, Inclusion, Leadership and Reward. The following results were shared with UEB on Tuesday 10 December.
It is worth noting we have held our position in the theme of inclusion, and this has greatly strengthened our standing in the sector. See below with this year鈥檚 results compared to the Russell Group comparator:
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Reading the results 鈥� response favourability
Blue left hand side of bar鈥� strongly agree or agree
Light grey centre section of bar 鈥� neither agree nor disagree
Darker grey right hand side of chart 鈥� disagree or strongly disagree
Comparison is against HEI Russell Group and University of Southampton Pulse 3 Survey
We received over 3,000 comments in response to the free text question and these cover a number of themes.聽 The comments will be taken into account in our action planning.
When will I find out the results for my area?
A number of managers and leaders, including all Deans and Executive Directors, will be given direct access to their results via the People Insight interactive dashboard, which they can easily compare with their results from previous surveys. They will be sharing these shortly with their teams and with support from their HR business partner, will continue working in January to further develop their action plans in response.
What happens next?
The Vice Chancellor will be discussing the staff engagement survey results with colleagues in his 2025 town halls and leaders will be working on action plans to act on the feedback received.
For more information, please visit the Employee Listening SharePoint site,聽. If you have any questions, please liaise with your local management team in the first instance.