Stuka
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 Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:00 pm Post subject: ‘Dehumanising’ impact of casualisation of HE staff |
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Casualised academic staff are being denied academic freedom and are treated as invisible, second-class citizens, prevented from choosing what they will research or teach, unable to plan a professional or home life, and vulnerable to exploitation by permanent staff, according to a new report published by the University and College Union (UCU) in the United Kingdom.
The report says the extensive use of casualised staff without a secure contract is a significant problem for UK higher education. The latest data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) shows that two-thirds of researchers (67%) are on fixed-term contracts and almost half of teaching-only staff (49%) are employed on fixed-term contracts. On top of that there are more than 6,500 academic staff with zero-hours contracts and a further 68,845 academic staff who hold ‘atypical’ contracts.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200121072332456 |
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