Lecturers may be paid various rates depending upon the amount of input. The highest rate is paid to distinguished persons giving a single or a small group of lectures. The next highest rate is paid where the lecturer assumes significant responsibility for planning and developing a unit or a large part of the unit as well as lecturing or where a lecture or a small group of lectures require special expertise another rate is payable. Then there is a standard rate for lectures and a repeat rate. The rates include an allowance for time spent in preparation and marking.
Tutors conduct small focussed discussions with students.
Each tutorial may involve one hour each of preparation, class contact and marking. The rates of pay take this into consideration. Marking need not be done on a weekly basis and can be averaged over the whole period of subject presentation provided it arises directly from the tutorials given. Repeats of a tutorial are paid at a lower rate. Marking is checking and reviewing work submitted by students and assigning a mark or level.