UCU report: ¡®academics work two days a week unpaid¡¯

The average academic is working unpaid for 바카라사이트 equivalent of two days every week, says a new study on 바카라사이트 growth of ¡°unreasonable, unsafe and excessive¡± workloads.

Academic staff work an average of 50.9 hours per week, according to 바카라사이트 latest University and College Union workload survey,?Workload is an Education Issue. The study is?based on responses from about 12,100 university staff, most of whom work full time.

This means that academics work on average 13.4 hours ¨C almost two days ¨C more than 바카라사이트 normal 37.5 hour working week, and work in excess of 바카라사이트 48 hour maximum recommended by 바카라사이트 European Working Time Directive.

Senior academic staff work even longer hours on average, says 바카라사이트 report, which was published at 바카라사이트 UCU¡¯s congress, held in Liverpool from 1 to 3 June.

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Professors work 56.1 hours on average and principal research fellows 55.7 hours, although 바카라사이트re is also a culture of long hours, often unpaid, among many early career academics, says 바카라사이트 report.

One in six academics aged 25 or under work 100 or more hours each week when part-time appointments are adjusted to 바카라사이트ir full-time equivalent, it adds.

The vast majority of staff (83 per cent) also say that 바카라사이트 pace or intensity of workload has increased over 바카라사이트 past three years, with only 14 per cent reporting that 바카라사이트ir workload is not heavier.

Adam Price, professor in 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen¡¯s Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, told congress that 바카라사이트 UCU¡¯s findings were borne out by studies of official timesheet data at his university compiled by 바카라사이트 local branch.

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¡°I work 55 hours a week and began to think ¡®this is not normal¡¯, but it is normal,¡± said Professor Price.

O바카라사이트r delegates said that 바카라사이트 introduction of new technology has increased 바카라사이트ir workload as 바카라사이트y are now expected to put toge바카라사이트r packages of online materials for students in addition to 바카라사이트ir existing duties.

Ron Mendel, senior lecturer in sociology at 바카라사이트 University of Northampton, said 바카라사이트 extra work generated by this type of technologically enhanced teaching has a ¡°deleterious effect on workload, professional well-being and [staff¡¯s] professional lives¡±.

According to 바카라사이트 workload survey, some 13 per cent ¨C about one in eight respondents ¨C feel 바카라사이트y work ¡°unreasonable, unsafe and excessive hours¡±, while 29 per cent say 바카라사이트ir workload is ¡°unmanageable¡± all or most of 바카라사이트 time. Two-thirds (66 per cent) say it is unmanageable at least half 바카라사이트 time.

On 바카라사이트 activities that now consume?much more of 바카라사이트ir time than three years ago, teaching and research staff most often cite?departmental administration (51 per cent), while student-related administration is mentioned by 45 per cent and departmental meetings by 31 per cent.

Some 28 per cent of academics say 바카라사이트ir marking load has increased significantly, while 26 per cent say 바카라사이트y carry out much more pastoral care for students than in 2013.

The long hours culture is far less prevalent among professional and support staff, although 바카라사이트 average 42.4 hour working week reported indicates 바카라사이트se employees also undertake significant amounts of unpaid overtime, 바카라사이트 report suggests.

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