Staff in UK higher education are working on average more than two unpaid days each week, with some in early career roles clocking up almost double their contracted hours, a University and College Union survey has found.
Those in teaching assistant positions report regularly working the equivalent of four extra, unpaid days, with nearly 65-hour weeks the norm – far higher than the standard 35-hour week contract and exceeding the 48-hour limit set by the working time directive.
