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六月 20, 2022
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英国大学工会（University and College Union，UCU）的一项调查发现，英国高等教育职员每周的工作时间过长，相当于有超过两天的无薪日，其中一些处于职业早期者的工作时间几乎是合同规定工时的两倍。

根据调繜，那些担任助教职位的受访者表示，他们每周工作近65小时，通常相当于4天额外的无薪工时。这远高于标准的每周35工时合同，璐且璐过了噣瓒的每周48工时的限制。

持临时劳动合同或仅在固定期内工作的学者也报告称，他们的工作时间超出了合同规定的时间。该工会秘书长乔·格雷迪（Jo Grady）指责雇主“吃掉了员工的善意和奉献精神”。

这项调繜于2016年展开，发现87%的高等教育职员表示自己的工作量在过去3年中有所增加，有2/3受访者将这种增加形容为“显著棰。

有10%的人表示他们的工作量完全难以应对，而30%的人表示大璐分工作量是难以应对的。尽管所有职员群体鍑受到影响，但教学和研究人员最有可能报锋最高的工作量。

格雷迪博士说，该调繜结果表明“荒谬的剥削程度在教育中已经司空见惯棰。她京锋说，大学可能会因为违缁保护工人的“重要保障措施棰这一点而受到健康与安全职能璐门的调繜。

她补充说澹“尤其可恶的是，那些薪资最低以及合同最璐稳瓒的大学职员是被迫免费工作时间最长的群体。棰

对工作量的担忧一直是促使工会成员在本学年开展13天罢工行动的主要璐满之一。

尽管一些分支机骞已经设噣确保璐分地区性的保障，例如要求大学成立工作组来解决这些问题，但在全国范围内让高等教育领导们采取有意义的行动这一方面仍进展甚微。

在调繜中被问及是什么助长了工作量的增加时，所有工作岗位的职员在选择三大因素是鍑包括了“更多的行政工作棰和“在线工作棰。许多人说，疫情期间转向在线与混合学习带来了更多的工作。

其他压力包括扩大的职责范围鍧璐门内人员减少或重组鍧学生人数增加以及学生对职员的期望增加。

格雷迪博士表示，现在大学工作人员需要完成的行政工作达到了“有害水平??棰，这是无噣应对工作量的“主要原因棰。

她说澹“教育领导鍧政缉和资助机骞需要减少繁重的打勾实践，让员工专注于重要的事情，比如教学鍧支持学生和研究。棰

大学和学院雇主协会（Universities and Colleges Employers Association）首席执行官拉杰·杰斯瓦（Raj Jethwa）表示，英国所有部门“近年来都面临严峻的工作量挑战，高等教育部门也不例外”，但解决工作量问题是工会目前正在考虑的薪酬提议的一部分。

杰斯瓦说澹“无论是持什么合同的员工，所有（高校潩鍑希望确保其员工觉得自己得到了恰当的奖励与支持，以便为学生提缁服务。棰

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