Teaching Cultures Survey

The Teaching Cultures Survey tracks how university teaching is rewarded in academic careers across the global higher education sector. Participating institutions are engaged in – or planning for – systemic reform in the ways in which university teaching is evaluated, supported and recognised within academic career pathways. The survey captures academics’ views and experiences on how university teaching is supported, valued and rewarded at their institution. By providing a structured and comparable evidence base across institutions and over time, it enables universities to track cultural change, assess the impact of reform efforts, and benchmark their progress against global peers. Three cross-sectional surveys have been delivered to date, in 2019, 2022, and 2025.

28 universities from 13 countries and five continents have participated in the survey across its first three waves, including: Aalborg University (Denmark), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), DTU (Denmark), Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), IT:U (Austria), King’s College London (UK), KTH (Sweden), Leiden University (Netherlands), Maastricht University (Netherlands), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Chile), Radboud University (Netherlands), SOAS University of London (UK), TU Delft (Netherlands), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of British Columbia (Canada), University of Edinburgh (UK), University of Iceland (Iceland), University of Sydney (Australia), University of Twente (Netherlands), University College London (UCL, UK), UNSW (Australia), Utrecht University (Netherlands), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Wageningen University (Netherlands).