Table 2.

Sector perceptions by discipline and career position

		Preparedness	Confidence	Support	Access
		N (%)*	N (%)*	N (%)*	N (%)*
Discipline	Subjects allied to medicine	23 (51.1%)	24 (57.1%)	23 (63.9%)	34 (77.3%)
	Biological sciences	10 (27.8%)	15 (55.6%)	23 (74.2%)	26 (81.3%)
	Physical sciences	19 (59.4%)	21 (65.6%)	23 (74.2%)	26 (81.3%)
	Mathematical sciences	11 (45.8%)	13 (59.1%)	15 (65.2%)	17 (77.3%)
	Computer science	66 (66.0%)	72 (75.8%)	82 (86.3%)	95 (94.1%)
	Engineering and technology	20 (67.1%)	22 (68.8%)	25 (80.6%)	30 (83.3%)
	Social science	52 (42.6%)	57 (51.4%)	75 (67.0%)	98 (80.3%)
	Law	16 (53.3%)	17 (60.7%)	19 (73.1%)	22 (84.6%)
	Business and administrative studies	35 (44.9%)	44 (58.7%)	49 (77.8%)	55 (76.4%)
	Languages	14 (30.4%)	19 (48.7%)	22 (53.7%)	31 (73.8%)
	Historical and philosophical studies	22 (42.3%)	25 (51.0%)	35 (68.6%)	41 (75.9%)
	Creative arts and design	26 (50.0%)	30 (66.7%)	25 (52.1%)	41 (74.5%)
	Education	68 (64.2%)	74 (72.5%)	87 (85.3%)	90 (84.9%)
Career Position	Lecturer (Assistant Professor)	96 (44.4%)	116 (58.6%)	138 (72.3%)	173 (80.1%)
	Senior Lecturer/Reader (Associate Professor)	203 (50.9%)	228 (62.0%)	243 (69%)	305 (79.6%)
	Professor	60 (46.2%)	73 (58.9%)	102 (79.7%)	101 (83.5%)
	Graduate Teaching Assistant/Fellow	–	–	13 (72.2%)	19 (95.0%)
	Teaching Fellow	23 (46.9%)	26 (56.5%)	29 (55.8%)	44 (86.3%)
	Academic related	30 (73.2%)	28 (71.8%)	37 (92.5%)	39 (88.6%)
Total		451 (49.5%)	516 (44.9%)	606 (72.7%)	727 (81.7%)

Those in bold had a z score of + 1.96 meaning that this category were significantly more likely than expected to agree with the statement, those in italics has a z score of − 1.96 meaning that this category was significantly less likely than expected to agree with the statement. Cells with bellow 10 cases are not reported

*Number and percent of those who agreed with the statement, compared to those who disagreed with the statement