Following consultation with the Staff Survey Steering Group and the Joint Trade Unions, the 2019 Staff Survey introduced the 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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- Workload Concerns Phase II Terms of Reference
- College Workload Principles
- Local Workload Management
- Workload Allocation Models (WAMs)
- Tips from ICT on how to better reduce workload
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