The categories of casual academic activity at UTS are:
- lecturing
- tutoring
- other academic activity
- marking
- undergraduate clinical nurse education.
A description of each category of casual academic activity and the circumstances under which each of the rates within the category should be applied is provided below.
1. CASUAL LECTURING
A casual staff member employed to provide a lecture (or equivalent delivery through other than face-to-face teaching mode) will be paid for each hour of lecture delivered according to the rates in the table below. The hourly rates for lecturing include directly associated non-contact duties as specified in sub-clause 40.7.
‘Lecture’ means any educational delivery described as a lecture in a course or subject outline, or in an official timetable issued by the University, that is a primary form of education delivery where information on the subject topic is delivered to the students for the first time.
| ACTIVITY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Specialised lecture | one hour of delivery and four hours of associated non-contact duties. |
| Developed lecture | one hour of delivery and three hours of associated non-contact duties. |
| Basic lecture | one hour of delivery and two hours of associated non-contact duties. |
| Repeat lecture | one hour of delivery and one hour of associated non-contact duties.The hourly rate for a repeat lecture applies to a second or subsequent delivery of substantially the same lecture in the same subject matter within a period of seven days. |
2. CASUAL TUTORING
A casual staff member employed to provide a tutorial (or equivalent delivery through other than face-to-face teaching mode) will be paid for each hour of tutorial delivered according to the rates in the table below. The hourly rates for tutoring include directly associated non-contact duties as specified in sub-clause 40.7.
‘Tutorial’ means any educational delivery described as a tutorial, session, design studio or seminar in a course or subject outline, or in an official timetable issued by the University, that is a supplementary form of education delivery which is a facilitated discussion where matters already covered elsewhere in a program are discussed, clarified or elaborated.
| ACTIVITY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Normal tutorial | one hour of delivery and two hours of associated non-contact duties. |
| Repeat tutorial | one hour of delivery and one hour of associated non-contact duties. The hourly rate for a repeat tutorial applies to a second or subsequent delivery of substantially the same tutorial in the same subject matter within a period of seven days. |
| Normal tutorial(performs subject coordination or possesses PhD qualification) | one hour of delivery and two hours of associated non-contact duties where the staff member holds a relevant doctoral qualification or where full subject coordination duties are included as part of normal duties. |
| Repeat tutorial (performs subject coordination or possesses PhD qualification) | one hour of delivery and one hour of associated non-contact duties where the staff member holds a relevant doctoral qualification or where full subject coordination duties are included as part of normal duties. The hourly rate for a repeat tutorial applies to a second or subsequent delivery of substantially the same lecture in the same subject matter within a period of seven days. |
3. OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
| ACTIVITY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Other academic activity | Includes all other work that is required to be performed, being work in the nature of, but not limited to:
|
| Other academic activity (possesses PhD qualification) | As for ‘other academic activities’ where the staff member holds a relevant doctoral qualification. |
| Other academic activity (subject coordination) | As for ‘other academic activities’ where subject coordination duties are required. Subject coordination duties may include the development of teaching and subject materials such as the preparation of subject guides, reading lists. |
4. CASUAL MARKING
All marking, other than marking included in the hourly rates for lecturing, tutoring or undergraduate clinical nurse education will be paid according to the rates in the table below.
| ACTIVITY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Standard marking | |
| Standard marking (performs subject coordination or possesses PhD qualification) | Standard marking, where the staff member holds a relevant doctoral qualification or where full subject coordination duties are required as part of normal duties. |
| Higher level marking | Marking as a supervising examiner or marking requiring a significant exercise of academic judgement appropriate to an academic at Level B status. |
5. UNDERGRADUATE CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATION
A casual academic employed to provide undergraduate clinical nurse education will be paid for each hour of delivery according to the rates in the table below. The hourly rates for undergraduate clinical nurse education include directly associated non-contact duties as specified in sub-clause 40.7.
‘Undergraduate clinical nurse education’ means the conduct of undergraduate nurse education in a clinical setting.
| ACTIVITY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Clinical nurse education – normal preparation | One hour of delivery and one hour of associated non-contact duties. |
| Clinical nurse education – little preparation | one hour of delivery and 0.5 hour of associated non-contact duties. |
| Clinical nurse education – normal preparation (performs subject coordination or possesses PhD qualification) | one hour of delivery and one hour of associated non-contact duties where the staff member holds a relevant doctoral qualification or where full subject coordination duties are included as part of normal duties. |
| Clinical nurse education – little preparation (performs subject coordination or possesses PhD qualification) | one hour of delivery and 0.5 hour of associated non-contact duties where the staff member holds a relevant doctoral qualification or where full subject coordination duties are included as part of normal duties. |
