The Value of the University Armed Service Units

Abstract

Cover design by Amber MacKay Images used in this cover design were sourced from http://www.defenceimagery. This license allows for copying any part of the work for personal and commercial use, providing author attribution is clearly stated. The value of the university armed service units to universities 148 5.4 The value added to university armed service units and the armed forces from the university relationship 149 5.5 Commanding Officer perceptions of the value of the university armed service units 150 5.6 Conclusions: the value of the university armed service units to the armed forces 152Chapter 6. The Universities and the University Armed Service Units 1556.1 Knowledge of the university armed service units within universities 155 The benefits to universities of the university armed service units 161 6.5 Conclusions: the value of the university armed service units to universities 163Chapter 7. Conclusions: the Value of the University Armed Service Units 1657.1 The reach of the university armed service units across higher education 165 7.2 Equalities, politics and access to information about university armed service units 166 7.3 The comparability of university armed service units and other extracurricular student activities 167 7.4 The university armed service units and recruitment to the UK armed forces 169 7.5 Knowledge of the university armed service units within the higher education sector 170 7.6Knowledge of university armed service units amongst employers 171 7.7 Researching the university armed service units 172Appendix 1: Questionnaire used for survey of student USU participants, spring 2013 175Appendix 2: Semi-structured interview schedule for graduate interviews 186Appendix 3: Semi-structured interview schedule for Commanding Officer interviews 188Appendix 4: Semi-structured interview schedule for university representative interviews 190Appendix 5: Student survey participation by university and service unit 191Appendix 6: Students' assessments of skills development through university armed service unit participation 200Appendix 7: Students' assessments of skills development through degree programme 204 Table 3.2 Awareness of USUs prior to arriving at university, by percentage 56 Table 3.3 Awareness of USUs prior to arriving at university amongst women, by percentage 57 Table 3.4 Motivations for joining by service unit, by percentage 60 Table 3.5 Motivations for joining a USU by service unit and gender, by percentage 61 Table 3.6 Pre-university views on an armed forces career, by percentage 83 List of tables List of figures List of abbreviations Note on terminologyIn this book, we list the units alphabetically rather than by seniority of service, in the order: Officer Training Corps, University Air Squadrons, University Royal Naval Units. This reflects both the sizes of the three service units and alphabetical order. It is a convention within defence-related documentation where all three armed forces are discussed, to list these in the order Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, and we are awar...

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