1 professor for a serious suicide attempt, two lecturers for slicing deep wounds into their arms,
Much as I enjoy my engagement with academia, it's a bloody harsh working environment.
In earth sciences, a PhD student is typically expected to live on about £8k.pa for 4 years whilst working silly hours to deliver their independent research. Engineering ups the money a bit, life sciences just double the hours.
A typical university professor is expected to bring in £200k.pa in research income, teach 10+ hours per week, generate at-least one high impact research publication per year, and is usually managing a selection of people, courses and budgets. That typically maps to around 60 hours per week, 3 weeks holiday taken per year, for an income around £60k. Few retire much below 70 these days.
Strangely however, as a profession they are one of the longest lived. There are theories that whilst their workload is high, the actual control they have over how they deliver that is significantly greater than most other workers, which is a relative recipe for health. Not, of-course if it all gets too much for you and you try and jump off a bridge.
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