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La Trobe's flawed academic workloads framework
Most academics will be aware that a new workloads framework is now limping into operation across the university. Its convoluted nature and silly formulas (accompanied by a picture of Einstein) has ...
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(1 MB) - PDFNot even Einstein could understand La Trobe's workload formulas
Published: 11 Apr, 2013
Tags: la trobe, LTU, EB6, academic workloads,
The formula shown on this poster is taken from an actual workload guideline at La Trobe. It gives people a certain number of workload points but these points don't correspond with hours - no one can work out how much work they are really being allocated.
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La Trobe guts the workload management scheme
The outcome of workload management system review - “The WMS is dead” - is a disaster for ordinary academic staff of the university. NTEU supports the original WMS, which defined a modest ...
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Research KPIs disadvantage staff in FSTE
The Faculty of Science Technology and Engineering 'Research KPI' scheme places unrealistic research expectations on academics with disturbing implications for their workloads, promotion prospects, ...
Discussion Paper
(239 KB) - PDFThe Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)
Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: ERA, wms, workload management system, la trobe, LTU, FSTE Research KPIs,
Citation data collected for over 40,000 articles in the Information systems and Statistics disciplines demonstrate that the FSTE Research KPI scheme disadvantages academics in relation to workloads, promotion, reputation and academic freedom.
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(105 KB) - PDFFSTE initial response on Research KPIs
Published: 02 Dec, 2011
Tags: LTU, la trobe, research, wms, equity, FSTE Research KPIs,
This is a Faculty response to the NTEU discussion paper, "The Research Rating System in FSTE - Another pseudoscientific use of the impact factor (La Trobe)".
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The financial squeeze at La Trobe is not justified
The Federal Government has released a Ministerial Statement which indicates that La Trobe University has achieved a $99.2 million operating surplus in 2010, which is the highest operating surplus in ...
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Teaching allocations go down - workloads go up
In late August and without fanfare, a new version of the Workloads Management System (WMS) was released by the project steering committee. [1] The previous draft was released in December 2010 and ...
