Welcome back to the #iProgress Podcast - JOIN US ON DISCORD:  https://discord.gg/Ru5mt8PYpM  In this episode, your hosts - Dr. Dean Fido and Dr. Craig Harper - talk you through the things that they would change about working in higher education.   ----------   YOUTUBE       ►► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCslssS3vIVx2okk6g5d9D4g TWITTER        ►► https://twitter.com/iProgress_CC INSTAGRAM  ►► https://www.instagram.com/iprogress_official/   WEBSITE        ►► https://iprogress-cc.com/  ----------   Chapters:  00:00 - Episode Introduction  00:32 - Clarity in Promotion Pathways  09:40 - Protection of Research Hours  16:26 - Cutting University Beauracracy and Additional Academic Workload    ---------- CRIB NOTES:  -Welcomes & Scope of podcast episode   -Topic 1 - Academic Pathways to Promotion       - Understanding criteria       - Establish your evidence        - Smart framing of annual objectives   -Topic 2 - Protecting Research Time       - Time-blocking for success        - Combining tasks to make more efficient use of hours        - Adopt a student-based model for win-win situations   - Topic 3 - Cutting Academic Beaucracy       - The need for research support       - Poor communication between departments adding to academic workloads       - Avoid becoming the 'Switchboard Academic'   - Closing remarks    ----------   Music by AlphaGaming | HarrisHeller