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Work-related 'burnout' more likely to affect the best lecturers

Work-related 'burnout' more likely to affect the best lecturers ”Leicester psychologists highlight risk of more students requiring learning support. Conscientious academics who try hard to keep in regular contact with their students are the most likely to suffer from work-related “burnout”, a new study has found. Positive traits that can make lecturers more appealing teachers, such as openness, also make them more susceptible to suffering feelings of weariness and emotional exhaustion. The problem could be getting worse as more students join part-time, distance and online learning programmes and other flexible study options that increase their need for learning support. In the first systematic review examining the extent of burnout in full-time non-medical university teaching staff, University of Leicester researchers found that burnout was partly linked to exposure to large numbers of students, especially postgraduates.” Read more at http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2011/april/work-related-burnout-more-likely-to-affect-the-best-lecturers-study-suggests

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