Universities’ lack of fight over casualisation is an embarrassment

Third of casual staff struggling to pay rent, UCU poll finds

Survey details the financial and personal costs of casualisation in higher education

By Jack Grove

21 May

Businessman holding contract of employment

Ending casualisation will not only benefit early career academics

Like junior doctors, academics should highlight the public value of what they do, argues Tom Cutterham

By Tom Cutterham

24 March

Students have a right to know if lecturers are on casual contracts

Universities should not be able to hide their reliance on fixed-term staff and insecure employment practices, says Sally Hunt

By Sally Hunt

16 March

Lincoln Cathedral, University of Lincoln

Casual lecturers ‘stigmatised by job titles’

The University of Lincoln rejects criticism for listing hourly paid staff on its website, saying they are ‘not second-class members of faculty’

By Jack Grove

27 August

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#1 Submitted by Anonymouse on December 20, 2016 - 9:38pm

The importance of a good education is highlighted frequently and yet some of the most highly educated are underemployed or unemployed. I'm not sure whether to laugh... or cry.

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