Secondary employment of university teachers: challenges, trends and consequences

in the context of changes occurring in the Russian system of higher education, secondary employment of university teachers is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. The article analyzes the main reasons for the involvement of research and teaching staff (R&T) in additional forms of work activity, as well as their impact on the professional and personal lives of teachers. The key determinants of non-standard employment are considered, including economic factors, institutional transformations in universities, digitalization of the educational process, changes in the system of financing and labor incentives. Particular attention is paid to the classification of types of additional employment of teachers, where groups of employees working under conditions of partial, full or excessive workload with a combination of other forms of professional activity are identified. Both traditional forms of part-time work (work in other educational institutions, scientific organizations) and new forms of remote and project employment due to digital technologies are considered. The consequences of secondary employment for higher education are analyzed, including the risks of professional burnout, deterioration of working conditions, reduction of academic freedom and the growth of precarization of the teaching staff. The article concludes that further research is needed in this area in order to develop strategies for regulating non-standard employment, protecting the rights of teachers and improving the quality of the educational process. Possible measures to optimize the workload of teaching staff and reduce the negative consequences of secondary employment in the higher education system are considered.

secondary employment, non-standard employment, university teachers, research and teaching staff, academic career, precarization, digitalization, part-time work, labor mobility, higher education