Where Does the Time Go? An Academic Workload Case Study at An Australian University

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Foreign Countries; Faculty Workload; College Faculty; Time Management; Art Teachers; Research Universities; Faculty Publishing; Working Hours; Productivity; Noninstructional Responsibility; Teacher Role

10.1080/1360080X.2019.1635328

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Many universities divide their academic workloads according to a model of 40 per cent teaching, 40 per cent research, and 20 per cent administration and service. Increasing demands on academic time, however, make this balance hard to achieve, since teaching and administration frequently impinge on research time. Moreover, regular academic activities may not fit into the workloaded time available. This paper presents evidence from a 3 month case study of a single academic in an Arts department at a research-intensive Australian university who has a 40:40:20 workload and is encouraged to publish an average of two high quality journal articles a year. Based on the study's findings, a more realistic workload model would be 40 per cent teaching, 25 per cent research and 35 per cent administration, with an adjustment in the amount of quality research outputs expected. A new model should also balance face-to-face teaching time with teaching-related activities.

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2019

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