4.2 | Workload Management

General Policies

1. The workload for Lecturers shall be the minimum total work hours required for Lecturers in performing institutional duties at Sampoerna University.
2. Institutional duties shall be the duties within the higher education’s functions which will be carried out in a scheduled or unscheduled manner by the Lecturer that is categorized as follows:
   a. assigned by the Rector to be carried out at the university level, center, study program and laboratory or studio,
   b. conducted based on personal or group’s initiative, approved, registered and reported to the Rector for peer review,
   c. cooperation with any third party as approved, registered and reported to the Rector.
3. The workload for Lecturers of Sampoerna University for Full-time Teaching Equivalence (FTE/EWMP) is stipulated at the minimum of 30 (thirty) Satuan Kredit Semester (SKS) per year and maximum 36 (thirty-six) SKS per year. The required teaching load is 24 (twenty-four) Satuan Kredit Semester (credits) per year, provided that 1 SKS shall be deemed as 170 (one hundred seventy) minutes per week per semester, which is divided into (as per Permendikbud No. 3/202 article 19):
   1. 1 credit in the form of lecture, response and tutorial consisting of:
      1. Face –to- face activities 50 (fifty) minutes per week per semester;
      2. Structured assignment 60 (sixty) minutes per week per semester;
      3. Independent learning 60 (sixty) minutes per week per semester;
   2. 1 credit in the form of seminar or other similar activities:
      1. Face- to- face activities 100 (one hundred) minutes per week per semester;
      2. Independent learning 70 (seventy) minutes per week per semester;
   3. 1 credit in the form of practicum, studio or workshop work, field practice, research, community service, and/or other learning form that is equal to 170 (one hundred seventy) minutes per week per semester.
4. The additional maximum 6 (six-hours) Credits per year is counted as teaching overload.
5. Lecturers should support interfaculty initiatives to deliver the university’s General Education curriculum. Each Study Program will optimize teaching loads by consolidating Study Programs, courses, and learning objectives. Lecturers should take responsibility for working across faculties to ensure the efficient delivery of courses and to take on an optimal workload.
6. Each Lecturer is expected to perform the University Tridharma with the distribution of maximum credit/semester equivalence for each component as follows:
   1. Teaching: Maximum 15 Credits (includes addition max 3 credits/semester)
   2. Research: Maximum 3 credits
   3. Community Service: Maximum 3 credits
   4. Professional Development: Maximum 6 credits
   5. Structural and Non- Structural Position: Maximum 6 credits
   6. Permanent Committee Membership: Maximum 1 credit

Research Output Dissemination

Subject to funding availability, full-time Lecturers whose research output is accepted for publication or dissemination in journals, conferences, seminars, and other events of national or international importance, are eligible to apply for full-pay academic leave to support the following activities:

1.  To present a paper that has been accepted by a conference or journal for publication (up to 10 working days per academic year)
2. To accept an invitation to be a Plenary Speaker (up to 2 working days per academic year)
3. To accept appointment to associations’ boards or advisory councils (up to 2 working days per academic year)

All published papers, conference presentations and other research output must be submitted to the University Research Repository via the Center for Research and Community Service (CRCS) and to the University Library.

Lecturers are required to inform their Dean and CRCS of their research dissemination activities as part of the Individual Performance Plan. To support their research output activities, lecturers are encouraged to seek external grants and funding. Subject to obtaining external funding, they may apply for approval from the Dean and the Rector to attend:

1. One (1) international conference/seminar/event per academic year
2. Two (2) national conferences/seminars/events per academic year

General Travel Requirements

The University reserves the right to assign a Lecturer to perform business travel either domestic or overseas according to the following conditions.

1. A Full-Time Lecturer of the University and is actively engaged based on the work agreement / letter of appointment;
2. Has a proposal or other academic paper accepted for presentation at an event in their capacity as an employee, and will attend the event on behalf of the University;
3. Events of national and global reputation that reinforce the mission, vision and objectives of SU;
4. Lecturers may attend events under the following circumstances:
   1. Accepted academic paper or presentation;
   2. Invitation as a speaker; or
   3. Invitation or election to the supervisory board of an academic or professional association.
5. Lecturers must obtain external funding for such activities.