Research student allocation must be fair and transparent

I find this bizare, and I guess it highlights the disciplinary differences - academics in my field - arn't allocated students - they compete for them. A PhD student is a major boost to your research productivity. International students sometimes require more supervision (althuogh not always), but they also often bring research funding with them, which is yet another boost to your productivity. This creates a dilemma for WL systems - it takes time to supervise a student. Time that could be spent teaching or doing admin, but most academics would much rather be supervising PhD students if they could get away with it.