Casual exploitation must become history

The sweatshop conditions in which sessional academics work in Australia mirror the treatment of schoolteachers in Victorian times, say Hannah Forsyth and Jedidiah Evans

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June 29, 2017

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June 29, 2017

Hannah Forsyth Jedidiah Evans

Twitter: @hannahforsyth

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