Guidelines for Academic Workload Allocation

Guidelines for Academic Workload Allocation1

Current allocations Primary taken from Nominal Work Associated Activities existing Allocations Area workloads models Preparation of teaching materials Contact time, assessment and moderation 2-6 papers Student support and advice Minimum of 3 per year Research report supervision papers 30-70% of Ongoing development and review of papers and Teaching total programmes Up to 50% workload Paper coordination workload allocated to Training and development activities associated with allocation. teaching. teaching including maintenance of professional accreditation where appropriate Thesis supervision Minimum of one Work associated with research outputs as defined in 1-3 outputs in research output the Research Outputs Database categories 1- (Cat 1-4) per Research projects and contracts 4 each year. staff member Completing research funding applications 10 – 50% of Research per year. Completing research-based qualifications total Conference attendance and presentations workload Minimum 30% Attendance at research seminars and meetings allocated to workload Training and development activities associated with research allocation research Involvement in professional associations Membership of University-wide committees Participation in community initiatives and 2-20% of organizations Up to 10% of total Service Contributions to the fulfilment of ‘critic and total workload workload conscience’ functions allocation allocated. External marking, reviews, journal refereeing Organization of conferences and symposia Mentoring staff Contributions to department committees Timetabling and organizing course resources Participation in student recruitment activities, 5-50% of orientation, open days and graduation Up to 10% of total Admin Responses to general student enquiries regarding total workload workload papers and programmes allocation allocation Posts held such as international student liaison General administration such as student record keeping, IPP entries, WebRPS

1 Although the Guidelines are based upon the traditional areas of academic responsibility, it should be noted that general processes such as PRP and leave plans also contribute to academic workload allocation.