Serbia’s government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the country’s research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts.
‘Pure retaliation’
Many think the regulation has been made to punish university staff who have been supportive of students’ protests against corruption. Those protests began in November, having initially been triggered by an incident in which a train station roof collapsed and killed 15 people.
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Next Nicola Tesla; welcome literally everywhere!
Preventing people from learning is kind of the theme lately.
I guess they can use the rest of the time to join protests and run for office.
Jeez. At my university, research allocation is different per the three academic types…
Education: 0.1 FTE Education/Research: 0.35 FTE Research: 0.75 FTE
The rest of the researcher FTE is allocated to community/student/service engagement, and education assistance.
If they were doing 5 hrs of research a week, it would mean they have a 6.7 hr work week.
They need the remaining time to practice goose-stepping.