Treat postgraduate researchers as staff, union tells universities

UCU says postgraduate researchers should be given terms and conditions ‘comparable’ with employees

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July 1, 2021

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July 2, 2021

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Reader's comments (1)

#1 Submitted by acerpacer on July 1, 2021 - 7:04pm

Good thing. I have been saying this since 2005!

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