Gendered Workloads

TCCE is a company promoting the exchange of Universities knowledge and expertise with the capital’s business, cultural and creative sectors. The members are: City, University of London;Guildhall School of Music & Drama;Faculty of Education, Health and Community at Liverpool John Moores University;London South Bank University; Loughborough University London;Middlesex University London;Ravensbourne University London;Royal Central School of Speech and Drama;University College London;University of West London.

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Discussion of  the gendered workloads in Higher Education with a focus on developing practical  solutions.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED FOR ONLINE BOOKING, BUT THERE ARE STILL PLACES AVAILABLE, PLEASE EMAIL SUZIE@TCCE.CO.UK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.With the addition of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) to Research Excellence Framework (REF) and Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), the administrative burden on those in the academy continues to grow against a backdrop of a global pandemic, fast moving policy change and economic uncertainty. Furthermore, current research indicates that it is women in academia who carry the burden. Gendered Workloads will consider how current inequity in workloads is actively disadvantaging female academics and adding to their administrative workloads with men are spending more time on research. It will also create a space to explore solutions and practical strategies, informed by recent research, to support greater equity and fairness in the division of “housekeeping”, institutional and emotional labour. Contributors include:<a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/staff/academic/profiles/dars.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Sahdiv Dhar</a> Senior Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics QMUL <a href="https://www.vincentdt.com/bios/charlotte-vincent/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Charlotte Vincent</a> Choreographer, Director and doctoral student<a href="https://facultyworkloadandrewardsproject.umd.edu/about.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Faculty Workload and Rewards Project</a> team, University of Maryland including:<ul><li>Dawn Kiyoe Culpepper is a Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director for the University of Maryland ADVANCE Program.</li><li>KerryAnn O’Meara is a Professor of Higher Education and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland.</li><li>Joya Misra is a Professor of Sociology and Public Policy and the Director of the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.</li><li>Audrey J. Jaeger is the W. Dallas Herring Professor and Executive Director for the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at North Carolina State University.</li></ul><a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/catriona-firth-76a92382" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Catriona Firth,</a> Associate Director for Research Environment, and member of the Future Research Assessment Board UKRI<a href="https://ncace.ac.uk/about/core-team/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Suzie Leighton</a>, Co-Director TCCE (Chair)Background According to research from the University of Maryland, female researchers are overwhelmingly more likely to be asked to take on research administration duties than their male counterparts. Furthermore, activity of this nature falls overwhelmingly on the shoulders of women who are junior, women of colour and especially women who are precariously employed. The deeply gendered nature of this work is further exposed when we look to the academic ranks of the fractionally employed. In the UK, for example, women hold only 39 percent of full-time teaching and research positions but 67 percent of part-time research-only positions.Unsurprisingly, the current pandemic has exacerbated these positions of disadvantage. Recent research has also demonstrated that many women reported their research was suffering due to increased teaching and service workloads as well as their domestic situation. Over 50% of women respondents with caring obligations reported being solely responsible for home schooling and the care of adults requiring support. In contrast, 8% of male respondents were solely responsible for home-schooling. The research also found that women were also less likely to have a dedicated workspace, and to be able to allocate uninterrupted time to teaching, let alone research. In the UK, The Fawcett Society has evidenced that the impact of pandemic on BIPOC women is particularly acute, nearly half of BIPOC women (45%) say they are struggling to cope with the demands on their time. (5)The discussion will also inform a response to Research England’s recently announced and very timely Future Research Assessment Programme and its review of HE-BCI and KEF. We hope that this event will be of interest to those in a range of leadership positions within academia as well as Early Career Researchers.Referenceshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0002831217716767https://gendersociety.wordpress.com/2020/06/30/who-does-the-housework-of-the-university-during-a-pandemic-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-precarious-women-working-in-universities/https://facultyworkloadandrewardsproject.umd.edu/about.htmlhttps://theconversation.com/how-covid-is-widening-the-academic-gender-divide-146007https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/the-impacts-of-coronavirus-on-womenThis event is free to TCCE members, please book using your institutional email. www.tcce.co.uk. Members include: City, University of London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Kingston University, Middlesex University, RADA, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and University of West London.Non-TCCE member HEIs £45 Fractionally employed individuals and ECRS £10. We also have a small number of complementary tickets for those who are currently unwaged or very fractionally employed, please email suzie@tcce.co.uk if you require for a free ticket.Image copyright Vincent Dance Theatre

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