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(a) From the records of the UGC-funded institutions, about 18% of the full- time academic staff engaged in outside work on a regular or ad hoc basis in 1994-95.
(b) All UGC-funded institutions have established procedures and guidelines governing their staff's engagement in outside work. Procedures differ slightly. In general, a staff member must seek the permission of the Head of the Department concerned, or in some cases the Head of the institution concerned, to engage in outside practice. The criteria adopted in considering such applications include the requirement that :-
(i)
(ii)
the outside practice does not interfere with the normal duties of the staff member and there will be no conflict of interest; and
the aggregate amount of time spent on outside practice by a staff member should not exceed an average of about one working day per week.
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The information which staff applying for outside practice must submit to the management of the institutions generally includes name of the client; nature of the outside work; the number of working hours involved in outside work; the level of remuneration and whether there will be any use of the institution's facilities.
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The areas of outside work undertaken by staff could be grouped into the following three categories:-
(i)
(ii)
general educational work such as literary work, examining, authorship of manuscripts, occasional broadcast or televised talks, occasional lectures and seminars and part-time teaching of continuing education courses;
consultancy and professional practices such as laboratory tests, computer programmes, giving expert professional evidence in legal proceedings, accountancy service and legal service; and