119 more staff members but 30 fewer full-time equivalents work in schools at the tertiary level
There were 3,042 staff members working 2,255 full-time equivalent jobs in schools at the tertiary level in November 2010. These figures include all staff members, both instructional personnel and others. In November 2010 there were 2,128 teachers employed at the tertiary level working 1,355 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of personnel increased by 119 since the previous year (2.9%) whereas the number of full-time equivalent jobs decreased by 30 in the same period (1.3%). The number of teachers has increased by 178 (8.9%) but their full-time equivalent jobs only increased by 14 (1.1%). Women are 54.2% of personnel working 52.9% of full-time equivalent jobs.

The changes in personnel from the previous year are almost only among those who work less than 50% of a full-time job. The number of teachers working less than 50% increased by 181 from the previous year while the number of teachers who are employed full-time has decreased by 25 (3.0%).  

More professors and part-time teachers but fewer lecturers and assistant professors
More than one-half (53.9%) of all instructors at the tertiary level are employed as temporary or part-time instructors. This group of instructors consists of 1,175 persons working 535 out of 1,355 full-time equivalent jobs in teaching (39.5%). Their number has increased by 66 from the previous year. Teachers at the upper secondary level who coach students in teachers’ education were 168 in November 2010, 104 more than in the previous year. The full-time equivalents of temporary and part-time teachers, including teachers at the upper secondary level, only increased by 37.  The number of teaching professors increased by 34, and 20 full-time equivalent jobs. At the same time the number of lecturers and assistant professors decreased by 30, and 46 full-time equivalent jobs. The increase in the number of teachers from the previous school year has thus mostly taken place among part-time teachers and teachers at the upper secondary level, many of whom work part-time.

The greatest increase in university personnel in over sixty year olds
The number of staff increases in all age groups from the previous year, but the greatest increase is in the age group of sixty year olds and older, an increase of 11.0%. When only teaching personnel is considered there is also an increase in all age groups, with the largest increase in the age group of 60 years and older as well as among teachers under the age of 30. University personnel are most numerous among 40-49 year olds, or 827 holding 619 full-time equivalent jobs. The second largest age group is 50-59 year olds, a total of 819 holding 655 full-time equivalent jobs. In total more than one-half (54.1%) of personnel in schools at the tertiary level is 40-59 years old. A decade ago, 33.9% of teachers at the tertiary level were 50 years old and older but in November 2010 the ratio is up to 41.5%. Thus, during this decade the share of teachers aged 50 and over has increased by 7.6 percentage points.

About the data
Data on personnel in schools at the tertiary level come from the schools and the State Accounting Office. These data include all personnel who were employed by universities and other schools at the tertiary level in November 2010. The data on instructional personnel include everyone who had some instructional duties in November 2010. Instructors who were on leave when the data were collected are not included in the data on instructional personnel. However, they are counted among all staff members if they received salary during the reference period. Education refers to the highest level of education attained.