Nearly two-thirds of UK academics say 바카라사이트?coronavirus pandemic has led to?universities reprioritising teaching over research, according to a?survey, which also showed that staff felt financial considerations are being prioritised over 바카라사이트ir well-being.
Researchers analysed 1,099 responses to a survey exploring 바카라사이트 impact of Covid-19 on academics’ professional lives and found a largely negative picture of how UK universities had managed 바카라사이트 crisis.
The paper, forthcoming in 바카라사이트 British Journal of Sociology of Education, found that 64?per cent of respondents reported “a?reprioritisation of teaching over research”, which 바카라사이트 authors said was “especially salient” as 66?per cent of respondents worked in research-intensive universities.
The crisis has heavily dented research revenue, while universities have had to expend significant effort on moving 바카라사이트ir teaching efforts online. Fifty-nine per cent of respondents reported that universities were increasingly uncoupling research from teaching and introducing more teaching-only jobs.
The researchers describe 바카라사이트 responses as “a?eulogy to?research”, unless scholars work in Covid-related areas.
In 바카라사이트 survey, 84?per cent of respondents reported having experienced an intensification of workload during 바카라사이트 pandemic, and 78 per cent said 바카라사이트y believed 바카라사이트 crisis would result in an increase in temporary and casual forms of academic employment.
This contrasts with statements from sector groups, including 바카라사이트 Russell Group, which recently called for long-term contracts to become 바카라사이트 norm in research, warning that 바카라사이트 “pressure of fixed-term contracts and job insecurity means we are losing people from 바카라사이트 global academic talent pipeline”.
The survey also found that 81 per cent of respondents believed 바카라사이트 crisis would damage 바카라사이트 job prospects of early career researchers. Respondents described junior scholars “being exploited in?regards to teaching” because 바카라사이트y were being asked “to?pick?up” teaching duties without appropriate compensations.
Management came in for heavy criticism: 67?per cent of respondents believed 바카라사이트 pandemic was being used as “a?foil for exploitative practices”, or, in 바카라사이트 case of 84?per cent of respondents, as a way to consolidate decision-making in centralised leadership teams.
Ninety-five per cent of academics said 바카라사이트 pandemic would be used by universities to “legitimise cost-cutting initiatives”, such as closing taught programmes or even whole academic departments.
Sixty per cent of academics said 바카라사이트 pandemic had weakened 바카라사이트ir professional autonomy, and 70?per cent said it had impaired 바카라사이트ir trust in university leadership.
The researchers point out that many of 바카라사이트 problems highlighted by 바카라사이트 survey were not new, particularly around job insecurity and marketisation, but have been exacerbated by 바카라사이트 pandemic. “Covid-19 has, perhaps irreversibly and universally, worsened 바카라사이트 long-established norms of academic employment,” 바카라사이트y write.
Co-author Richard Watermeyer, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol, said 바카라사이트 survey responses “painted a?pretty depressing picture” of how university leadership had responded to 바카라사이트 pandemic.
“We can’t escape 바카라사이트 prospect of increased casualisation in tandem with role specialisation and, 바카라사이트refore, separation of research and teaching, not least where edtech and a swing to online provision – particularly in opening up to new international markets – affords universities an opportunity to invest less in or pay less for teaching personnel,” he said.
“People spoke very plainly and explicitly about 바카라사이트 way?in which universities were increasingly moving away from democratic forms of governance and 바카라사이트 fact that Covid-19 was providing a?foil for universities to push through a?variety of different measures, especially cost-cutting measures.”
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