As a result of last year’s industrial action, in June the University’s People Committee formally approved the University’s commitment to ensuring no academic workloads exceed 100%. This formalises the removal of the “110%” clause from workload modelling principles and will be enacted across the institution soon.
The move away from GTA contacts to fractional contracts, also a result of last year’s industrial action and the hard work of Warwick UCU representatives and associated working groups, is being trialled next academic year in three departments with the intention of rolling out the chance across the University in 2025-26. GTAs across the university will see some benefits in the coming academic year, including improved working conditions, clearer role descriptors and paid time for training. Once the move to fractional contacts is completed, we believe Warwick will have some of the best conditions for GTAs in UK higher education.
Warwick Transformations continues to be a focus for the committee but with an expected pause over the summer period.