Motion
- Motion title
- Overworked and under-valued
- Session
- 2008-2009
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 28 May 2009
- Status
- Passed unanimously
- Motion
- HE6
- Motion text
Conference is alarmed at the staff surveys undertaken in various HEIs recently that are revealing, amongst other things, the amount of unpaid work academic staff are undertaking. In a recent survey carried out by Capita, on behalf of Northumbria University, it was found that 63% of academic staff 'do not have time to carry out all (their) work' and 60% are not 'able to take regular breaks on most days'. Management are using these surveys to as an exercise to align themselves to other HEIs and as long as the results are not too dissimilar, they could continue to ignore the growing trend of work overload.
Conference notes the TUC's 'Work your Proper Hours Day' and calls upon UCU to investigate the extent of overwork amongst its members and to campaign for an acceptable workload in both the pre- and post 92 sectors.
- Proposing body
- Northumbria University
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2009/H/05-28/078/HE6