#casualisation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #casualisation, aggregated by home.social.
-
A new report by Oxford University UCU has highlighted endemic casualisation and poor working conditions at the University of Oxford.
The report finds that 66% of academics employed by the university are employed on a fixed-term contract (the national average is 33%). And once marking and preparation time is factored in, the pay of hourly paid workers often amounts to less than the National Living Wage.
-
UCU condemns the decision to wrongfully dismiss a lecturer on a fixed-term contract while advertising a new permanent post covering his duties.
The University of Sussex must reverse the plans and offer him the post.
-
CW: Industrial action, strike action, higher education
I would like to clarify that for myself and most of the colleagues I know who are taking #IndustrialAction or are on #strike today in #Queensland, this has never been primarily about wage rises, but rather our disgust at the mass #casualisation of #TertiaryEducation, effectively increasing workloads, and cutting younger graduates out of meaningful employment pathways. #NTEU