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The WAM aims to provide a fair representation of colleagues' workloads as they currently stand. However, current constraints mean that we can't allocate work immediately to match our future aspirations. As we move towards becoming the most influential environmental department by our 40th birthday, we are therefore aiming to :
Ensure that we can accommodate research buyouts effectively and fairly, by bringing individuals' overall workload allocation to below 100% including buyouts;
Increase total time for research (departmentally-funded and bought-out) for staff on ART contracts from 24% to at least 40% of the total allocated time, in addition to the funded time they receive from their research grants;
Develop our professional services capacity, to move administrative workload away from academic colleagues, aspiring to spend less than 20% of total academic time on administration;
Grow our teaching & scholarship team and increase their capacity for leading on learning and teaching developments;
Move towards teaching which that is effective yet efficient, and ensure our assessment load is meaningful but manageable;
Build capacity to react to opportunities and challenges at short notice without overloading staff;
Ensure the WAM is underpinned by considerations of equality, diversity and inclusivity, and our impact on the environment.