What could we do about these challenges in practice? Any suggestions? by Kate Tapper https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs University of Bristol Law School, Wednesday 15 December en-us 2021-12-15 15:38:12 UTC 2025-04-24 07:10:03 UTC hello@padlet.com email free day to reserve time https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949829683 2021-12-15 16:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949829683 Redesign Law School seminar series https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830138 2021-12-15 16:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830138 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830242 pair up some junior and senior colleagues to read and comment on each others work]]> 2021-12-15 16:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830242 protected research time pm_collins https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830489 days blocked out from timetables for anyone research active, without any teaching responsibilities]]> 2021-12-15 16:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830489 I like the idea of developing research and educational strategies together - rework the year to allow time for both so that we don't have to wait until leave to get research done. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830976 2021-12-15 16:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949830976 We need to recognise that a vibrant research culture requires us to give (of our time, expertise, kindness, etc) not just to take lwkao1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831019 2021-12-15 16:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831019 Dedicated non-teaching but also non-other meetings time for work in progress, eg during Weds pm. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831156 2021-12-15 16:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831156 Practical steps to reduce email traffic seems to be a priority; may be multiple ways of doing that gavinphillipson1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831170 2021-12-15 16:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831170 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831492 ref reading training (not just writing) colleagues need to know how to comment

]]> 2021-12-15 16:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831492 Please could we have an email free day. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831713 2021-12-15 16:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831713 Focus on quality over quantity, for everything: student intake, staff recruitment, our research, our use of e-mail https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831777 2021-12-15 16:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949831777 More email freezing! https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949832018 2021-12-15 16:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949832018 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949832514 no meetings for the sake of meetings

]]> 2021-12-15 16:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949832514 clear structure of academic year (including all school meetings, teaching ..) in the beginning of the year to allow for planning. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833037 2021-12-15 16:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833037 dedicated protected research time eleanorehickman2 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833135 2021-12-15 16:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833135 short simple message to all colleagues re the respective roles of Centres and PUs gavinphillipson1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833411 2021-12-15 16:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833411 Clarify roles of PUs, Centres and School seminars. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833453 2021-12-15 16:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949833453 separate committee time from research time pm_collins https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834006 clashes between committees/leadership and research meetings could be avoided? ]]> 2021-12-15 16:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834006 More administrative support could be provided - notably in relation to Faculty support for finances on grant applications, and in relation to timetabling, which needs to be sorted in a more timely way, and responsive both to assuring educational quality (rather than just slotting things where they fit) and to allowing protected research time. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834195 2021-12-15 16:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834195 A weekly work in progress slot would be better than multiple meetings across groups. Maybe PU activities could focus more on staff review etc. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834432 2021-12-15 16:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834432 timetable for the whole year rather than by term. allows us to plan our research, and lives https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834552 2021-12-15 16:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834552 Research needs time and space so we need to reduce things which unjustifiably intrude. E-mail traffic is a massive problem and the University needs to do more to train us all for judicious use of e-mail https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834735 2021-12-15 16:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834735 By far the most effective practical help for me has been the ability to ask timetables to bunch my teaching in term time. This has dramatically helped me do other work and formalising this approach and making it a positive policy would be an enormous help. It is currently dependent on the outstanding timetabling staff being accommodating. jk19964 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834978 2021-12-15 16:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949834978 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949835326 recruit more admin staff and nurture them

]]> 2021-12-15 16:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949835326 Advance knowledge of teaching and timetable. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949835357 2021-12-15 16:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949835357 more professional services https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949835591 2021-12-15 16:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949835591 Clarify role of PUs/Centers. Develop the new research strategy in light of the School's Education plan and teaching structure. joshuapaine2 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949836496 2021-12-15 16:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949836496 We need more professional services support and to figure out a way to keep them. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949836677 2021-12-15 16:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949836677 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949837450 Protected research time needs not just to be random days here and there - at least go back to the same day a week we used to have.]]> 2021-12-15 16:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949837450 Dedicated research day with clear advance notice. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949837480 2021-12-15 16:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949837480 Reducing email traffic means also from students - stronger guidance needed there I think. gavinphillipson1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949837897 2021-12-15 16:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949837897 limits on the way research activities are monitored to encourage curiosity and risk taking https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949838905 2021-12-15 16:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949838905 An annual law school research conference, at which colleagues (inc PGRs) present research to each other lwkao1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949840335 2021-12-15 16:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949840335 Reducing the time taken to mark summatives by removing the requirement for feedback. jk19964 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949840594 2021-12-15 16:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949840594 events series targeted at ECRs on different aspects of academic life and balancing those pm_collins https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949841854 2021-12-15 16:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949841854 Removing the requirement that all formative feedback be handed back at the same time. Put a deadline on it, but permit colleagues to hand back work more quickly if they wish. jk19964 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949842759 2021-12-15 16:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949842759 Reducing subject teaching churn thus reducing annual preparation time. jk19964 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949848117 2021-12-15 16:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1949848117 Reduce range of teaching for many staff so that there is a closer connection with their research interests, especially when at an early stage in their career. tonianovitz1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950156532 2021-12-15 18:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950156532 Protected research time - stopping the expansion of the teaching/marking year - semesterisation where colleagues focus on teaching only for one semester per year could help with this. tonianovitz1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950158123 2021-12-15 18:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950158123 Personal research funding needs to be restored so that we can start to attend conferences and set out own research agendas (using this as small seed funding too). tonianovitz1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950160057 2021-12-15 18:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950160057 Regular 1 in 4 research leave and enabling staff to satisfy the criteria for that leave well in advance. It is important that (given the impact of Covid on research for many) research leave enables staff to 'catch up' - having done so much in terms of intensive teaching, marking and student support. tonianovitz1 https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950163202 2021-12-15 18:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950163202 Avoid duplicating reporting processes (staff development, ressearch and audit forms, pure, etc.). Recognising time taken to submit grant applications (even if not successful) Encouraging small grant applications, especially for ECRs. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950180801 2021-12-15 18:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1950180801 Better professional services support. We need a stable and well-trained team that can ease the burden on academics. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951165516 2021-12-16 07:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951165516 More reliably protected research time, more support for our professional services teams, more opportunities to present research to each other, more colleagues taking the initiative to reach out to each other (esp. ECRs) https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951333732 2021-12-16 09:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951333732 Teaching timetables given to staff for the whole year, in good time for the start of term 1. Impossible to plan research and other commitments (esp those who are part-time) without this. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951427025 2021-12-16 10:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951427025 Protecting research time, reducing email (through more academic services support for students so we are having to do less of the admin), ensure that summers are better protected (Mark Allinson's work on redesigning the academic year may support this - ensuring we aren't marking the whole way through summer!) More focussed teaching on research subjects. https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951677480 2021-12-16 13:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katebuddevelopment/tofscpm1wcjcbjgs/wish/1951677480