Pro-bono work by UK university staff ‘worth £3.2 billion a year’

Academic and non-academic staff contributed an estimated 40 million hours in voluntary activities in 2015-2016, research suggests

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March 12, 2018

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March 13, 2018

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Hidden figures: the equivalent of 24,493 full-time jobs are done by university staff in unpaid activities relating to their jobs

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