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"While 39 per cent of those surveyed by THE say that the 40/40/20 workload model is still the ideal breakdown, compared with 38 per cent who do not, a massive 80 per cent say it is not realistically achievable in the time contractually available" (Mayo, 2019, Less time for research but more time on work, ¶9). Mayo, Nick. (2019.07.25). Is paid research time a vanishing privilege for modern academics? Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/paid-research-time-vanishing-privilege-modern-academics

"The number of upper secondary school graduates in Japan has declined by 38 per cent since 1990, when the country's previously booming economy began to flatline, and job vacancies outnumber applicants by more than 60 per cent. Such factors have prompted questions about the country's ability to maintain a workforce capable of paying off the world's largest public debt; Japan's government owes around two-and-a-half times what its entire economy produces each year" (¶4, 2018.11.26).