The effect of casual teaching on student satisfaction: evidence from the UK

A large and increasing proportion of teaching in UK universities is being fulfilled by staff on casual, rather than permanent, contracts. This paper examines how the casual affected student satisfaction 2014–15. We find that an increased leads to lower satisfaction, even when controlling for respondent's subject, university faculty. suggests a trade-off between casualisation which could have implications future demand. These results can be generalised rest economy highlight potential perverse effects arising from