2. WHO ARE FALMOUTH ? ART, MEDIA, DESIGN & PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST RAPID GROWTH OVER LAST 10 YEARS RESEARCH, INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AMBITION

3. WORKLOAD ALLOCATION MODEL – WHERE DID IT BEGIN FOR FALMOUTH? NEW VC & CHIEF EXEC IN 2009 WIDESPREAD STUCTURAL CHANGES IDENTIFIED RAPID IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME MODULAR COURSE FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED PLANNED SIGNIFICANT INTEGRATED SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INCLUDING WAM LINKED TO TIMETABLING

4. WHAT MODEL DID FALMOUTH ESTABLISH? PRINCIPLES: EQUALITY, TRANSPARENCY & SUSTAINABILITY TIMETABLED CONTACT TEACHING/LEARNING HOURS ONLY – APPROX 2/3 OF TOTAL WORKLOAD RESOURCE LEVEL BY COURSE POST ‘92 ACADEMIC CONTRACT ROLE ‘ALLOWANCES’ PROGRESSIVE IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING EFFECTIVENESS & FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

5. HOW WAS IT RECEIVED? ACCEPTED PRINCIPLE OF SAFEGUARDING EQUITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND COURSES DETAILS NOT NEGOTIATED, EFFECTIVELY IMPOSED WHY NOT ENCOMPASSING ALL ACTIVITIES OF WORKLOAD? VIEWED AS COMPLETELY NEGATIVE, PRODUCING INEQUITIES & EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS – OPPOSITE OF INTENTION CONSIDERABLE ILL FEELING, HIGH STRESS LEVELS AND LOW MORALE COLLECTIVE GRIEVANCE FROM UCU BRANCH

6. PRINCIPAL WORKLOAD ACTIVITIES TO BE RECOGNISED CONTACT TEACHING, PREPARATION, MARKING & ASSESSMENT RESEARCH – INTERNALLY & EXTERNALLY FUNDED, ADMIN & MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION STAFF MANAGEMENT GENERAL ACADEMIC DUTIES

7. HOW HAS IT SINCE BEEN DEVELOPED? SOME LOCAL FLEXIBILITY IN IMPLEMENTATION CONNECTING TEACHING WITH TIMETABLING UNWORKABLE - NOW DISENTANGLED ROLE ALLOWANCES NOW MANAGEMENT ALLOWANCES

8. WHERE IS FALMOUTH NOW? COMMITTED TO WORKLOAD ALLOCATION MODEL IN PRINCIPLE NEW ACADEMIC STRUCTURE & SENIOR ACADEMIC MANAGERS REQUIRING EFFECTIVE SUPPORT TOOLS VALIDATION OF COURSES AND INHERENT MODULE DELIVERY NOT CONNECTED TO ACADEMIC STAFF RESOURCE ALLOCATION GROWING RESEARCH WORKLOAD NOT CONNECTED TO TEACHING WORKLOAD BY INDIVIDUAL

9. WHAT NEXT? EXTEND TO COVER ‘ALL’ ACTIVITIES UNDER CONSIDERATION? IMPROVE SOPHISTICATION OF WORKLOAD RECOGNITION & ALLOCATION? MOVE ON FROM SPREADHSEETS TO A BETTER SOLUTION – UWE WAMS? BUT…. WHAT QUESTION(S) IS FALMOUTH TRYING TO ANSWER? WHERE IS WORKLOAD ALLOCATION IN THE PRIORITISED LIST OF ‘THINGS TO DO’?