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Government restores previous university staff workload split

July 30, 2026, 07:00 PMUpdated: July 30, 2026, 07:00 PM

The government has repealed last year's temporary changes to university workload rules. Universities return to 20 weekly hours each for research or artistic work and teaching; academies and professional higher-education schools return to 10 and 30 hours respectively.

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Government repeals last year's university staff workload-rule changes

021 relays the government's announcement: temporary rules introduced to make up teaching in 2024/25 and 2025/26 have been repealed, returning the workload split to its earlier arrangement.

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