I was delighted to receive an email this morning to indicate that my work function has changed to being research focused. Since 1999 my work function has been 35% research, 65% teaching, 10% administration. At different times, I have sought funding to change my work function to focus on research, however, this has been on an ad hoc basis and reliant on special funding. I have been asking for an official change in my work function since 2016 in my Employee Development and Review Scheme (EDRS) and am thrilled to see the signatures on the official document today. I believe that this accurately reflects my role at Charles Sturt and simplifies conversations and expectations. I look forward to continuing to undertake impactful research with my colleagues and students.
Sharynne McLeod is Distinguished Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition at Charles Sturt University, Australia. This blog records the work of her team to support multilingual children's speech acquisition throughout the world. The associated Multilingual Children's Speech website contains resources for over 100 languages: http://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech