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• Free will
• Legality of workloading by country
• List of MMAcevedo forks
• Live drone
• Right to deletion
• Soul
• Upload pruning
August 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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• Free will
• Legality of workloading by country
• List of MMAcevedo forks
• Live drone
• Right to deletion
• Soul
• Upload pruning
• Free will
• Legality of workloading by country
• List of MMAcevedo forks
• Live drone
• Right to deletion
• Soul
• Upload pruning
“Workloading” and “headroom” are magical ideas that mean whatever administration wants them to mean.
Just completely made up crap and not at all reflective of the amount of work we actually do.
Just completely made up crap and not at all reflective of the amount of work we actually do.
"...university bosses treat staff - especially academic staff - as a problem to be managed, rather than as colleagues in pursuit of a shared goal."
Shared with no comment but 100% agreement.
hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/uni-manage...
Shared with no comment but 100% agreement.
hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/uni-manage...
Uni managers gain 'headroom' by fucking everything up.
University bosses claim legitimacy from the work others do. And then they make it impossible for them to do it.
hannahforsyth.substack.com
April 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM
“Workloading” and “headroom” are magical ideas that mean whatever administration wants them to mean.
Just completely made up crap and not at all reflective of the amount of work we actually do.
Just completely made up crap and not at all reflective of the amount of work we actually do.
HNY all! Committee met on Tuesday to discuss our priorities for 2025. These include workloading, branch engagement, and defending our pensions. Look out for much more on-campus activity this year! Hopefully see you soon…
January 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
HNY all! Committee met on Tuesday to discuss our priorities for 2025. These include workloading, branch engagement, and defending our pensions. Look out for much more on-campus activity this year! Hopefully see you soon…
One thing that UK academia does pretty well (I think) is capturing these things in workloading.
(It's not perfect and it's magical thinking when it comes to research/teaching, but it's good for adding up the extra stuff and great for giving a basis for someone to say no.)
(It's not perfect and it's magical thinking when it comes to research/teaching, but it's good for adding up the extra stuff and great for giving a basis for someone to say no.)
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
www.forbes.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
One thing that UK academia does pretty well (I think) is capturing these things in workloading.
(It's not perfect and it's magical thinking when it comes to research/teaching, but it's good for adding up the extra stuff and great for giving a basis for someone to say no.)
(It's not perfect and it's magical thinking when it comes to research/teaching, but it's good for adding up the extra stuff and great for giving a basis for someone to say no.)
A4 #LTHEChat first make time for it- for example, by addressing staff workloading, improving staff student ratios etc. Then support staff to highlight the impact of their t&l practice via sotl research
March 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
A4 #LTHEChat first make time for it- for example, by addressing staff workloading, improving staff student ratios etc. Then support staff to highlight the impact of their t&l practice via sotl research
Hello #AcademicSky, particularly those in the UK! I have been tasked with coming up with a workload model that accounts for the various things we do in research as well as teaching. Do you work at an insitution that does workloading particularly well? Or badly? Fancy chatting? Please repost.
May 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hello #AcademicSky, particularly those in the UK! I have been tasked with coming up with a workload model that accounts for the various things we do in research as well as teaching. Do you work at an insitution that does workloading particularly well? Or badly? Fancy chatting? Please repost.
A6 #lthechat open access research methods training, introduction to diverse/ creative research methods, fair workloading, communities of practice supporting collaborative research. Also if you have a hierarchy then be transparent- what is a top journal for your discipline and who decides that?
June 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A6 #lthechat open access research methods training, introduction to diverse/ creative research methods, fair workloading, communities of practice supporting collaborative research. Also if you have a hierarchy then be transparent- what is a top journal for your discipline and who decides that?
Maybe "a lot of work" is the preferred kink for some folk. We could call it workloading. "He was so hot, I took all of his workloads. He loaded me so good with all that sweet work. Filled me out in triplicate."
January 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Maybe "a lot of work" is the preferred kink for some folk. We could call it workloading. "He was so hot, I took all of his workloads. He loaded me so good with all that sweet work. Filled me out in triplicate."
Don't end up like Miguel Acevedo Álvarez, learn about the risks of uploading today.
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September 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Don't end up like Miguel Acevedo Álvarez, learn about the risks of uploading today.
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archiveofourown.org/works/845863... #hazbinhotel #fanfic #huskerdust #radiohusk #radiodust #radiodusk #radiohuskerdust All the power to emotionnally workloading #angeldust who's lifting two #toxicyaoi disasters to the next steps #alastor #husk despite having to work on his own #daddyissues
The space between 'Consent' and 'Amen' - Chapter 4 - RedMarian16 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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July 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
archiveofourown.org/works/845863... #hazbinhotel #fanfic #huskerdust #radiohusk #radiodust #radiodusk #radiohuskerdust All the power to emotionnally workloading #angeldust who's lifting two #toxicyaoi disasters to the next steps #alastor #husk despite having to work on his own #daddyissues
This is spot on. Student reliance on AI comes at a time when other social, structural conditions have been building up for decades. And it's a disastrous time for institutions to be under-resourcing departments and over-workloading staff in desperation. And I do mean disastrous!
I think this is such a major driver of AI use in university assessments. And also just a real… disconnection between why we think students are here (to learn about history!) and why students think they are here (to get good grades, to get a job)
When you're working 3 jobs while going to school full time and just barely making enough to feed yourself, ChatGPT offers an appealing way to make life a little bit easier without feeling like you're REALLY doing something wrong
I'm increasingly getting a double bell curve in my classes
I'm increasingly getting a double bell curve in my classes
June 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is spot on. Student reliance on AI comes at a time when other social, structural conditions have been building up for decades. And it's a disastrous time for institutions to be under-resourcing departments and over-workloading staff in desperation. And I do mean disastrous!
Nope. My folders and workloading attempts are a shambles.
November 14, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Nope. My folders and workloading attempts are a shambles.
We have a disconnect between chancellory calling it research training in our performance and promotion documents but the Arts Faculty had been workloading as teaching until now. That may be about to change but we are fighting vigorously. They also want us to take on more PhD students though...
February 12, 2026 at 6:29 AM
We have a disconnect between chancellory calling it research training in our performance and promotion documents but the Arts Faculty had been workloading as teaching until now. That may be about to change but we are fighting vigorously. They also want us to take on more PhD students though...
I got to write a new lecture for this week! I love researching and putting together slides #SpecialInterest. Teaching the same classes each year (and the workloading lie) doesn’t allow for new content. So this has been a much needed boost 💕🥹
November 18, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I got to write a new lecture for this week! I love researching and putting together slides #SpecialInterest. Teaching the same classes each year (and the workloading lie) doesn’t allow for new content. So this has been a much needed boost 💕🥹
lmao it is an unfortunate necessity of my work to navigate the balance between being assertive and being polite. We don't have a strict workloading/time measuring system at my work so it takes a lot more personal discipline to say "no" to things (you can't just point at Jira or whatever)
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
lmao it is an unfortunate necessity of my work to navigate the balance between being assertive and being polite. We don't have a strict workloading/time measuring system at my work so it takes a lot more personal discipline to say "no" to things (you can't just point at Jira or whatever)
Time as a managerial tool to stymie research:
- not permitting faculty time for research at the contractual level
- timing scholars out from research through workloading practices
- wasting faculty time with institutionally mandated research-adjacent tasks
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- not permitting faculty time for research at the contractual level
- timing scholars out from research through workloading practices
- wasting faculty time with institutionally mandated research-adjacent tasks
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Instrumentalisation of time as a barrier to academic freedom for research: The fixed-term faculty experience in UK universities - Chavan Sharma Kissoon, Terence Karran, 2026
The UK boasts the world’s second strongest higher education (HE) system. Unlike most other HE systems globally, employment in UKHE is characterised by the absen...
journals.sagepub.com
August 8, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Time as a managerial tool to stymie research:
- not permitting faculty time for research at the contractual level
- timing scholars out from research through workloading practices
- wasting faculty time with institutionally mandated research-adjacent tasks
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- not permitting faculty time for research at the contractual level
- timing scholars out from research through workloading practices
- wasting faculty time with institutionally mandated research-adjacent tasks
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I also get these requests for Saturdays, evenings, etc. Some of these talks are for my own university in the evening to provide a social event for colleagues and the broader public, and there is no workloading for them. So the boundaries can be a little fuzzy.
November 13, 2023 at 3:55 PM
I also get these requests for Saturdays, evenings, etc. Some of these talks are for my own university in the evening to provide a social event for colleagues and the broader public, and there is no workloading for them. So the boundaries can be a little fuzzy.
me, mixed workloading this build
January 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
me, mixed workloading this build
Totally depends on the journal! I’ve had some back in days and some in months. Also depends on journal backlog/workloading and what’s on the docket (e.g., if any special issues are being processed or things on a deadline that need priority).
November 17, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Totally depends on the journal! I’ve had some back in days and some in months. Also depends on journal backlog/workloading and what’s on the docket (e.g., if any special issues are being processed or things on a deadline that need priority).
& honestly as an anarchocommunist i think the sooner we shift away from NEEDING work to literally survive the better lmao. community-based workloading will give us all more free time, & useful forms of AI will make that even easier to accomplish when there's no moral imperative to keep employment up
February 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
& honestly as an anarchocommunist i think the sooner we shift away from NEEDING work to literally survive the better lmao. community-based workloading will give us all more free time, & useful forms of AI will make that even easier to accomplish when there's no moral imperative to keep employment up
Start with square footage. Finish with the task list.
Because if you stop at the tape measure, the labor may still be hiding.
#CleaningBusiness #CleaningContracts #FacilityManagement #Workloading #CleaningIndustry #ISSA #CleaningBusinessOwner #JCSOperatorSystem
Because if you stop at the tape measure, the labor may still be hiding.
#CleaningBusiness #CleaningContracts #FacilityManagement #Workloading #CleaningIndustry #ISSA #CleaningBusinessOwner #JCSOperatorSystem
August 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Start with square footage. Finish with the task list.
Because if you stop at the tape measure, the labor may still be hiding.
#CleaningBusiness #CleaningContracts #FacilityManagement #Workloading #CleaningIndustry #ISSA #CleaningBusinessOwner #JCSOperatorSystem
Because if you stop at the tape measure, the labor may still be hiding.
#CleaningBusiness #CleaningContracts #FacilityManagement #Workloading #CleaningIndustry #ISSA #CleaningBusinessOwner #JCSOperatorSystem
organic workloading
March 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
organic workloading
Finally shaking off the last vestiges of the ‘flu. Trying to remind myself that I’m not a week behind, that I was off sick and that’s okay, but with workloading in HE being so individualised it’s hard not to feel that I’m starting 2025 already trying to catch up
January 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Finally shaking off the last vestiges of the ‘flu. Trying to remind myself that I’m not a week behind, that I was off sick and that’s okay, but with workloading in HE being so individualised it’s hard not to feel that I’m starting 2025 already trying to catch up