The growing epidemic: work-related stress in post-16 education

The present survey aimed to examine the extent to which universities and colleges in the UK were meeting the minimum standards stipulated by the HSE for the management of work-related stress. Mean scores were calculated across all seven of the psychosocial hazards, with higher scores denoting more wellbeing and lower scores representing more distress relating to each dimension. Comparisons were made between the mean scores obtained in this survey for each hazard with the target industries, including education, that were selected by the HSE because they had the ‘highest rates of work stress-related ill-health and absence’.