Following consultation with the Staff Survey Steering Group and the Joint Trade Unions, the 2019 Staff Survey introduced Professor Jonathan Weberthe question ‘I cannot meet the requirements of my job without regularly working excessive hours’ for the first time which resulted in a high number of staff strongly agreeing with the statement. It was agreed that excessive workloads would form part of the Provost’s Board action plan which I led and took forward. A cross-College Workload Concerns Working Group was set up and meetings took place with the Joint Trade Unions over the last few years. Since the coronavirus pandemic, further Wellbeing Pulse Surveys took place (termly) and indicated that workload concerns continued to be an issue.   

We listened to staff members’ concerns and through the set-up of the Working Group, I am pleased to confirm that the following was agreed at the Provost’s Board: The College’s first Workload Principles, Workload Management approach and Workload Allocation Model. Further information on these areas can be found below.  

These are our first steps and I know that workload will continue to need ongoing attention and review. The Working Together Task Group’s action plan further supports our work here. Workloads will remain high on our agenda and we welcome any feedback. 

Best wishes,

Professor Jonathan Weber
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

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Group membership

Professor Jonathan Weber

Professor Jonathan Weber
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Claire Puddephatt

Claire Puddephatt
Executive Officer to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

Christopher Suzanne

Christopher Suzanne
Head of Employee Engagement

Anne O' Neill

Anne O' Neill
Department Operations Manager, Computing

Professor Riley Green

Professor Riley Green
Head of Department Of Bioengineering

Professor Alan Winston-OKeefe

Professor Alan Winston-OKeefe
Professor of Genito-Urinary Medicine

Robert Chatley

Robert Chatley
Director of Software Engineering Practice

Dr Mark Kennedy

Dr Mark Kennedy
Associate Professor, Business School

Professor Sharif Khodaei Zahra

Professor Sharif Khodaei Zahra
Professor in AerospaceStructural Durability&HealthMonitoring

Dr Fiona L Walport

Dr Fiona L Walport
Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering

Professor Paul French

Professor Paul French
Professor of Physics and Vice Dean (Research) - FoNS

Dr Vahid Shahrezaei

Dr Vahid Shahrezaei
Reader in Biomathematics/​Diversity Champion for FoNS

Nova C Larch

Nova C Larch
Head of Administration and Operations, College Headquarters Academic Services

Laura C Gallagher

Laura C Gallagher
Head of News and Media (Research), College Headquarters Communications Division

Joanna E Thompson

Joanna E Thompson
Department Manager (Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction)

Des Walsh

Des Walsh
Director of Research Strategy, Faculty of Medicine Centre

Kiara Chang

Kiara Chang
NIHR Research Fellow School of Public Health

Tanya Hunt

Tanya Hunt
Student Records Manager, College Headquarters Academic Services

VijayTymms

VijayTymms
UCU Representative

Susan Parker

Susan Parker
Electronics Workshop Technician, Faculty Of Natural Sciences

Professor George Constantinides

Professor George Constantinides
Professor of Digital Computation

Daniel Mitelpunkk

Daniel Mitelpunkk
Head of Digital Lab, College Headquarters Academic Services

Amy Duckworth

Amy Duckworth
Director of Admissions, College Headquarters Business School

Support to Chair and Working Group members:

  • Audrey Fraser – Deputy HR Director (Strategic Partnering & Reward)
  • Rebecca Davey- HR Policy Manager
  • Iram Sher- HR & Reward Coordinator

If you have any further queries

If you have any further queries, you can contact workload.concerns@imperial.ac.uk