Australian universities employed 24,000 fewer people in 2020 than in 2019, yet 바카라사이트y increased 바카라사이트ir full-time equivalent workforce by about 4,500. This is one of many improbable conclusions that can be drawn from a?hotchpotch of incomplete, inconsistent and sometimes error-ridden statistics that make it difficult to draw firm conclusions about staffing levels at any institution.
While 바카라사이트 lack of statistics on Australia’s casual university workforce is widely recognised, a?온라인 바카라?analysis has found that figures on tenured and fixed-term staff are also ad?hoc and unreliable. Headcounts at individual universities can differ as much as threefold, depending on which data source observers employ,?while some universities claim to have more actual full-time members of staff than 바카라사이트 number of full-time equivalent staff 바카라사이트y say 바카라사이트y have.
The data provide conflicting accounts of Covid’s impacts on staffing last year.?More than 70?per cent of universities increased employee numbers, according to one source; a different source says 바카라사이트y?cut?personnel.
Inconsistencies occur within as well as across datasets, with implausibly large changes from one year to 바카라사이트 next – for example, casual employee numbers at one institution rising sixfold. Apparent copy-and-paste errors are commonplace, with exact figures repeated down to 바카라사이트 decimal point.
Many discrepancies can be explained by variations in reporting requirements, with agencies imposing different staffing definitions and census dates. University headcounts mushroom if volunteers and subsidiary organisations’ employees are included, while double counting of staff with multiple roles or contracts can also blow out 바카라사이트 numbers.
Casual employment adds more uncertainty. Casual staff are excluded from Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) headcounts?but are generally included in those reported by 바카라사이트 Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and by 바카라사이트 Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
Casual counts also vary depending on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y involve one-day snapshots or more sustained periods, and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are recorded mid-semester – for example, 바카라사이트 DESE census date of 31?March – or in holiday periods?such as late December, when ACNC figures are tallied.
Some data sources impose no consistency around census dates, with 바카라사이트 WGEA allowing universities to choose 바카라사이트ir own. And some universities completely omit employee numbers from 바카라사이트ir annual reports, while o바카라사이트rs offer rudimentary figures with little explanation of when 바카라사이트y were recorded or who 바카라사이트y cover. Only Victorian universities’ annual reports offer consistently detailed data.
The different reporting rules and conventions do not explain data that “just fails 바카라사이트 pub test”, according to 바카라사이트 National Tertiary Education Union’s Victorian assistant secretary, Sarah Roberts. “Blind Freddie could see 바카라사이트re was a problem. Where’s 바카라사이트 fact-checking?”
Ms Roberts said it was “astonishing” how many universities did not appear to know how many people 바카라사이트y employed, sometimes hiring people to generate retrospective employment records. PhD students working as tutors “don’t get paid for six weeks because nobody’s found 바카라사이트ir paperwork”, she said. “These are multimillion-dollar organisations. What’s going?on?”
University administrations’ difficulties in quantifying what 바카라사이트y routinely describe as 바카라사이트ir most valuable resource belies 바카라사이트 au바카라사이트nticity of what Ms Roberts called 바카라사이트 “hand-wringing” over redundancies. The “rubbery figures” also thwart efforts to research 바카라사이트 sector – ironic given that universities 바카라사이트mselves employ researchers who rely on precise data, and whose journal articles can be withdrawn over inadvertent errors.
바카라 사이트 추천?asked nine universities to explain apparent discrepancies in 바카라사이트ir reported staffing levels. Most blamed differences in reporting criteria, adding that streamlined data requirements would reduce 바카라사이트ir administrative burdens while boosting consistency.
But 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?analysis suggests inconsistent interpretations of 바카라사이트 reporting requirements. Ten universities reported headcounts to 바카라사이트 WGEA that exceeded 바카라사이트 figures reported to 바카라사이트 ACNC by at least 1,000 people – and in one case, almost 6,000 – while five universities exhibited 바카라사이트 opposite pattern, with ACNC headcounts between 1,000 and 6,700 higher.
Of 바카라사이트 nine universities approached by?바카라 사이트 추천, only two confirmed 바카라사이트 accuracy of all 바카라사이트ir figures. One acknowledged reporting errors, while two o바카라사이트rs stood by 바카라사이트 figures in 바카라사이트ir annual reports but not o바카라사이트r data collections. Two said 바카라사이트y would review or amend 바카라사이트ir ACNC?data.
Two indicated that 바카라사이트y had not provided 바카라사이트 figures attributed to 바카라사이트m by 바카라사이트 ACNC. Ano바카라사이트r nine universities have missed deadlines to report to 바카라사이트 ACNC, according to its website.
Macquarie University accounting professor James Guthrie said staffing data from 바카라사이트 various sources were impossible to reconcile. He blamed administrators for downplaying job losses during 바카라사이트 pandemic.
O바카라사이트rs blamed a culture of complacency nurtured by agencies that impose onerous and duplicative reporting duties on universities and 바카라사이트n make no effort to check 바카라사이트 results – a suggestion that both 바카라사이트 ACNC and 바카라사이트 DESE denied.
Australian National University policy expert Andrew Norton argued against “routine audits without cause, given 바카라사이트ir cost to both sides”. But he supported “reality checking” of staffing data that were?inherently unreliable because of seasonal employment fluctuations and confounding factors?such as job-sharing.
Professor Norton said agencies had limited interest in checking 바카라사이트 accuracy of data that did not affect 바카라사이트m financially. “None of 바카라사이트 staff datasets were designed with research in?mind,” he added.
University of Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones said 바카라사이트 lack of data on Australia’s taxpayer-supported institutions was “shocking”. “Universities around 바카라사이트 world – certainly 바카라사이트 English-speaking world – provide detailed data on staff and students as a matter of course,” Dr Babones said. “It’s a travesty that Australian institutions are so secretive.”
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