Academic Workload. The parties have agreed to form a working group to address the following academic workload matters: • The decline in academic numbers – to establish inter alia the reasons for the trend and corrective measures to attend to the problem. • The academic workload (which will incorporate Professor ▇▇▇▇▇ Ronnie’s workload report, findings, and proposals) – to interrogate the problem and find concrete solutions that will reduce the workload to manageable proportions. • The academic calendar – to interrogate the options to protect academics’ research time by addressing the academic calendar. • Annual and sabbatical leave – to interrogate the status of academic leave, and to create mechanisms and staffing levels that can ensure that at a sizeable proportion of leave can be taken every year and that untaken leave can be carried over and taken in the following year. Timelines and processes related to this working group and its mechanisms for working and dispute resolution are set out in a separate submission to be signed by both parties.
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