Friday, June 3, 2016

Profs work hard, mostly because we think we're doing something good, but this is a lot.

Profs work hard, mostly because we think we're doing something good, but this is a lot.

Originally shared by Joerg Fliege

UK academic workload

Average per week: 50.9 hours. (Full professors: 56.1 hours. PostDocs: 55.7 hours.)

Percentages of academics that report that certain activities "now consume much more of their time than three years ago": departmental administration (51%), student-related administration (45%),  departmental meetings (31%), grading (28%), pastoral care (26%).
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-report-academics-work-two-days-week-unpaid

2 comments:

  1. 51 hours a week is norm for a lot of professions...except sales. They only seem to work 20 hours a week haha

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  2. So they're the antiparticles of politicians?

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Now I'm doubly intrigued!

Now I'm doubly intrigued!