Painful working lives in the academy
In universities we face the triple burden of: a financial model that no longer works well because we are not funded by government and want to resist the push to become businesses; a mental health and economic crisis facing staff and students; intense (and often uneven) workloads, taking us away from what we want to be doing: teaching, researching, writing and contributing to public good. I am typical in trying to do too much. In my case I’m head of…