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| Autor/in | Morrish, Liz |
|---|---|
| Institution | Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) (United Kingdom) |
| Titel | Pressure Vessels: The Epidemic of Poor Mental Health among Higher Education Staff. Occasional Paper 20 |
| Quelle | (2019), (76 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| ISBN | 978-1-908240-49-1 |
| Schlagwörter | Mental Health; Mental Disorders; College Faculty; Help Seeking; Counseling Services; Health Services; Work Environment; Faculty Workload; Stress Variables; Observation; Performance Based Assessment; Job Security; Contracts |
| Abstract | It has been clear for some time that the higher education student body has experienced a decline in mental health. More recently, there have been claims that the mental health of staff is also at risk. This report will present new findings that show how staff employed at higher education institutions are accessing counselling and occupational health services, which aim to keep employees well at work, at an increasing rate. This report finds evidence of an escalation of poor mental health among university staff in the period 2009 to 2016. Data were obtained from 59 higher education institutions on referrals to counselling and occupational health services. This report will consider some of the factors which weigh on the mental health of academic staff: (1) escalating and excessive workloads; (2) the imposition of metric surveillance; (3) outcomes-based performance management; (4) increasing precarity; and (5) insecure contracts. Recommendations from this report include: (1) more realistic workload allocations; (2) more responsible use of metrics; (3) better performance management, policies which embed a developmental function and which recognise the long-term goal-setting which is appropriate for academics; and (4) a commitment by universities to sustainable careers and a pathway from postdoctoral research to lectureship. Enacting these recommendations would help make higher education an attractive profession once more for talented and ambitious scholars. [Foreword by Mike Thomas.] (ERIC). |
| Anmerkungen | Higher Education Policy Institute. 99 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX26JX, UK. Tel: +44-1865-284450; Fax: +44-1865-284449; e-mail: info@hepi.ac.uk; Web site: http://www.hepi.ac.uk |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2020/1/01 |
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