Academic Career and Reward Framework

• Work underway to gather information from colleges about how academic workload is managed
• In-depth analysis of recent Staff Experience Survey responses relating to academic workload 

• Steering Group received a report on insight from staff focus groups on workload

March 2024

• Three staff focus groups held to gain insight into the current balance of duties and experiences of staff with teaching and research responsibilities in relation to workload.
• Focus group participants were drawn from a broad spread of teaching and research roles and contract types, across the divisions and disciplinary areas, including college staff. 

• Further research undertaken to gather input from a range of divisions and departments on workload models, job descriptions and pinch-points in current workload systems. 

• Initial information gathered on the workload models currently in place both within the University and in other Russell Group institutions.

• Terms of reference for benchmarking agreed by the Steering Group.
• Benchmarking carried out over the summer, with outcomes to be reported to both the Steering Group for this project and the Steering Committee for the Vice-Chancellor's Pay and Conditions review.