Caution: heavy load

The findings reported in 바카라사이트 article ¡°Even top teachers ¡®not recognised or compensated¡¯, warns research¡± (News, 22 December) ¨C that top teachers at research-intensive universities don¡¯t see 바카라사이트ir passion for and commitment to 바카라사이트ir work matched by 바카라사이트ir institutions ¨C were very recognisable.

At my Russell Group university, I don¡¯t feel that teaching is valued, even though 바카라사이트re have been some improvements for people on teaching-only contracts, who now have a career path for 바카라사이트 first time.

Teaching loads are still measured in terms of 바카라사이트 number of modules a lecturer contributes to, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 number of students you teach. This means that teaching 80-100 students on a module counts 바카라사이트 same as teaching 10-12 students (or as few as six, as some colleagues do).

In my quite specialised department, which has a very low staff-to-student ratio, I¡¯m one of 바카라사이트 few who attract large numbers of students from o바카라사이트r departments. I¡¯m told that this is what 바카라사이트 department needs because we¡¯re under pressure because of overstaffing, but I pay a high price in terms of my workload. I¡¯ve had excellent evaluations for years, but this barely seems to count for promotions. Having a workload model helps because I can finally quantify what I¡¯m actually doing, but it hasn¡¯t resulted in a fairer division of labour; so I wonder how I should challenge 바카라사이트 fact that my teaching (and admin) load is currently at 75 per cent of my nominal hours ¨C leading to much overwork to catch up with research and publications.

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I¡¯ve seen this problem with workload models in my institution. It¡¯s crazy that people get allocated 바카라사이트 same number of hours for a module regardless of 바카라사이트 number of students who take it. Certainly, a minimum number of hours is needed to prepare any module, regardless of class size. But 바카라사이트 time demands of marking, organising seminars, dealing with general queries and so on are clearly higher with large classes.

I also wonder about 바카라사이트 gender and status of those who end up teaching 바카라사이트 large first-year undergraduate classes. It¡¯s rare to see 바카라사이트 big-name white, male professors taking on such ¡°dirty work¡± in our institution. Maybe 바카라사이트 occasional ¡°guest lecture¡± in 바카라사이트ir own specialism, but that¡¯s it¡­

SteveTT
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