With the Weekly Schedule, the Exhibition WORK LIFE OF CAMPUS gives an overview on a typical weekly schedule based on the experiences and lived realities of scientists and students with care responsibilities at RESET universities. By this, the exhibition aims to highlight the variety of working processes, that need to be coordinated and organized within the working schedules and with care responsibilities and leisure time.
Take a look at one example by a PhD-Candidate in the field of Philology at the Ruhr University Bochum.
Profession and Discipline: PhD candidate & Research Associate, Philology
Age: 30-35 yrs old
Taking Care of: 1 child (20 months old)
Free time activities: sports, watching sports, traveling, board games
| MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | |
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07:00 |
Getting me and my child ready |
Getting me and my child ready |
Getting me and my child ready |
Getting me and my child ready |
Getting me and my child ready |
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08:00 |
Dropping off my child at the kindergarten and going to the office |
Dropping off my child at the kindergarten and going to the office |
Dropping off my child at the kindergarten and going to the gym |
Dropping off my child at the kindergarten and going to the office |
Dropping off my child at the kindergarten and going to the gym |
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09:00 |
Attending a workshop |
Team meeting |
Gym |
Working on my thesis |
Gym |
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10:00 |
Lecture |
Editing a contribution to my supervisor’s journal |
Remote work (writing a paper) |
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11:00 |
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12:00 |
Administrative tasks, fighting the back log |
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13:00 |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
Cooking |
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14:00 |
Going back home because of an emergency |
Attending my supervisor’s lecture |
Editing a contribution to my supervisor’s journal |
Working on my thesis |
Fetching my child from the kindergarten, Lunch |
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15:00 |
Looking after my child, cleaning the room |
PhD supervision |
Playing with my child |
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16:00 |
Cleaning my bike |
Commuting (bike) |
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17:00 |
Dropping off my bike at the bike shop for service |
Looking after my child, laundry |
Commuting (bike) |
Commuting (bike) |
Grocery shopping with my child |
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18:00 |
Grocery shopping on the way back home |
Dinner with my child |
Family dinner |
Family dinner |
Family dinner |
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19:00 |
Putting the child to bed |
Putting the child to bed |
Putting the child to bed |
Putting the child to bed |
Putting the child to bed |
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20:00 |
Watching Star Trek |
Watching Giro d’Italia |
Watching Giro d’Italia |
Watching Giro d’Italia |
Quality time |
What important events or people could not find a place in the timeline?
I can only fit in visits to friends or family (e.g., grandparents) on weekends. Important messages and phone calls are mostly squeezed in. I can’t find any time for political activities anymore. I eat unhealthy food because I too seldom find the time to cook.
How do you arrange time periods and tasks with other people (e.g., partners, family members, colleagues, or friends)?
I must plan ahead a lot, communicating with my wife (who has a full-time job, compared to my 60%), my wife’s parents (who spend time with our daughter when she’s not in kindergarten and we’re working), and our babysitter (who takes over when no family member is available). Luckily, arranging time with colleagues and friends is no big deal, since they either have a similar schedule or are ready to adapt. My supervisor respects my schedule and will not contact me outside my working hours.
