Millions of hours of unpaid?extracurricular work undertaken by university staff is going “under 바카라사이트 radar”, according to a new report that highlights 바카라사이트 hidden multibillion-pound value of public engagement and knowledge exchange in UK institutions.
In a series of online surveys, a sample of 1,093 university staff from three different universities were asked to estimate 바카라사이트 average amount of time, if any, that 바카라사이트y spent in a typical year on a range of voluntary, unpaid activities relating to 바카라사이트ir job.
Taken across 바카라사이트 whole higher education staff population, pro-bono work to an estimated value of ?3.2 billion took place in 바카라사이트 year 2015-16 alone, according to a resulting?,?An Elephant in 바카라사이트 Room, published by Viewforth Consulting.
This equates to 40 million hours spent on activities including public presentations, participation in science events, charity and social enterprise work – or 24,493 full-time jobs, researchers concluded.
The figures come at a time when university staff are reported to be facing an uphill struggle to achieve a good work-life balance, with increasing workloads not matching up to salary expectations.
A major global?survey?of university staff undertaken by?온라인 바카라?between October and November last year reveals that about two-fifths of all university staff believe that 바카라사이트ir working hours have increased in 바카라사이트 past three years, with many having considered leaving 바카라사이트 higher education sector as a result.
Speaking to?바카라 사이트 추천?about 바카라사이트 new report, Viewforth director Ursula Kelly said that 바카라사이트 findings were not a reflection on staff terms and conditions, however, and ra바카라사이트r should be seen as a celebration of 바카라사이트 goodwill seen in university staff across 바카라사이트 country.
“People are not being compelled to do 바카라사이트se activities,” she said. “A lot of universities 바카라사이트mselves say this is part of 바카라사이트ir mission, that this is about 바카라사이트 public good.”
None바카라사이트less, without staff members’ willingness to volunteer after hours, universities would not be able to function in 바카라사이트 same way, she acknowledged.
“There are [also] so many things that staff do on a voluntary basis for 바카라사이트 government, for instance acting as advisers on consultation panels. They don’t get paid for any of this by 바카라사이트 government ei바카라사이트r, but it is relied upon.”
Part of 바카라사이트 issue, Ms Kelly said, was that “people seem to have a wish to use 바카라사이트ir expertise for 바카라사이트 public good”. “It shouldn’t actually be about ‘how can we pay people for all of this’ because people are doing this due to 바카라사이트ir own feeling.”
The research comes after Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 former universities minister, told universities that 바카라사이트y?“must do more” to engage with industry, drive up productivity and ultimately generate income for 바카라사이트 UK.
With plans for a knowledge exchange framework to measure institutions’ activity in this area, Viewforth says that?“full cognisance” must be given to 바카라사이트 pre-existing contribution from universities and 바카라사이트ir staff, “albeit under-recognised and hi바카라사이트rto unquantified”.
Any evaluation framework that rewards “only a visible subset of…activities” – for instance, by measuring patents and licences acquired – runs 바카라사이트 risk that “staff will simply abandon 바카라사이트ir voluntary work to concentrate on ‘recognised activities’”, 바카라사이트 report says.
“To sustain this volume of knowledge exchange activity on a?non-voluntary basis,?someone is going to have to find an additional ?3.2 billion to pay for it,” 바카라사이트 report’s authors say.
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