VC calls for end to fixed-work staffing allocations

  Academics should be able to choose each year how much of their time is spent on research and teaching rather than relying on an one-size-fits-all formula, says University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Warren Bebbington. "Prescribing a formula for dividing academic time between teaching, research and administration makes rigid something which should be flexible and responsive to change," he said. Speaking at the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) National Conference in Melbourne today, Professor Bebbington said the standard 40:40:20 formula (research:teaching:administration) for academic time allocation needed to be replaced with a more flexible approach. "I...