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Poll of UCU Members

Fieldwork: June 12th 2007 - July 3rd 2007

published by The Fairplay Campaign Group

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Are you aware of the recent decision of the UCU Congress to promote a boycott of Israeli universities?

	Total	Ex-AUT	Ex-NATFHE	Academic	Non-Academic	HEI	FE College
Yes	75%	81%	72%	79%	57%	77%	61%
No	25%	19%	28%	21%	43%	23%	39%

Do you agree with this decision?

	Total	Ex-AUT	Ex-NATFHE	Academic	Non-Academic	HEI	FE College
Yes	15%	14%	18%	17%	8%	15%	17%
No	45%	50%	39%	43%	51%	45%	43%
Don't Know	40%	36%	42%	40%	41%	40%	40%

Regardless of your views do you think it is right that a decision like this should be taken by UCU Congress or do you think it should be taken by a ballot of the UCU's full membership?

	Total	Ex-AUT	Ex-NATFHE	Academic	Non-Academic	HEI	FE College
UCU Congress should take the decision	19%	19%	22%	21%	15%	19%	22%
The membership should be balloted first	81%	81%	78%	79%	85%	81%	78%

Sally Hunt, the UCU's General Secretary, pledged to ballot the membership on this issue as part of her election campaign. Would you support or oppose her if she now decided to hold that ballot?

	Total	Ex-AUT	Ex-NATFHE	Academic	Non-Academic	HEI	FE College
Support her decision	87%	88%	86%	88%	81%	87%	87%
Oppose her decision	13%	12%	14%	12%	19%	13%	13%

Breakdown Of Interviewees

Total	Ex-AUT	Ex-NATFHE	Other/DK/Refused	Academic	Non-Academic	HEI	FE College
500	249	222	29	394	106	423	77
100%	50%	44%	6%	79%	21%	85%	15%

Total	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	London	South East	East of England	North East	Yorks & H'side	North West	South West	E Mids	W Mids
500	48	41	16	46	79	10	30	25	59	52	38	56
100%	10%	8%	3%	9%	16%	2%	6%	5%	12%	10%	8%	11%

Populus interviewed 500 members of the University & College Union by telephone between June 12th & July 3rd 2007. Interviews were conducted across more than 200 higher education institutions and colleges of further education. Populus is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. For a full description of the methods we use, please click here.

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