KENYA - Burnout cases on the increase in academia, says report [University World News, September 2022]

Title:

Burnout cases on the increase in academia, says report

 

Author:

Gilbert Nganga

 

Published:

University World News, 20 September 2022

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220920065018406

 

From the article:

Kenya’s university lecturers are reporting increasing cases of burnout due to their escalating workload and low pay, a new survey by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows.  

 

The findings of the study point to deteriorating work conditions in the country’s public and private universities which could further dent the country’s higher education credentials, long plagued by deteriorating quality and underfunding.  

 

The study was conducted in June-July by the UNESCO International Insitute for Capacity Building in Africa (UNESCO-IICBA) in collaboration with researchers in Kenya. 

Implementing a psycho-educational model to increase university lecturers' effectiveness to constructively manage experienced aggression [Scholarly Article - Health SA Gesondheid, 2 December 2020]

Title:

Implementing a psycho-educational model to increase university lecturers' effectiveness to constructively manage experienced aggression

 

Authors:

Rika R. Toerien, Chris P.H. Myburgh & Marie Poggenpoel

All from the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

 

Published:

Health SA Gesondheid, Volume 25, a1364, 2 December 2020

https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/1364

 

From the abstract:

"Background: The authors developed a psycho-educational model as a conceptual framework of reference for university lecturers to facilitate the constructive management of experienced aggression. The model must be implemented in a workshop and in practice to confirm the if the model is effective.  

 

Aim: This article describes the implementation of a psycho-educational model in a workshop and in practice, as well as the evaluation of the effectiveness of the psychoeducational model.  

 

Setting: This study was conducted in a specific college at a university in Johannesburg in South Africa."