#casualisation — Public Fediverse posts

UCU responded to the King's Speech by calling on the government to ensure that workers are prioritised, and its New Deal for Working People is not diluted.

UCU general secretary Jo Grady said the commitment to phase out zero-hour contracts is welcome, adding 'thousands of staff members working in post-16 education on precarious contracts will want to see this enacted as quickly as possible.'

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13662/University-and-College-Union-response-to-Kings-Speech?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social

#UCU #UKHE #HigherEducation #Casualisation

University of Cambridge college supervisors have won an average pay rise worth 15% as a result of Cambridge UCU's 'Justice for College Supervisors' campaign. College supervisors lead undergraduate tutorials (or 'supervisions') yet many are precariously employed and paid an hourly rate.

Cambridge's colleges have now agreed new rates that will result in a pay rise worth 15% on average and over 20% for some supervisors.

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13613/University-of-Cambridge-college-supervisors-win-15-pay-rise?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&campaign=StampOut

#UCU #UKHE #HigherEducation #Casualisation

**Two in three research staff in UK universities are employed on fixed-term contracts **

Our new report published today exposes the widespread use of gig-economy style contracts for the staff who prop up university research departments.

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13444/New-report-exposes-gig-economy-reality-of-prestigious-university-research-departments?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&campaign=StampOut

#UCU #UKHE #HigherEducation #ResearchPrecarity #Casualisation

Hidden impacts of precarity on teaching: effects on student support and feedback on academic writing

by Sharon McCulloch
& Josie Leonard

#AcWri #Casualisation #HigherEducation

https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2023.2280258

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.

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13267/New-report-highlights-endemic-casualisation-at-Oxford-University?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&campaign=ucuRISING

#UCU #UKHE #Casualisation #HigherEducation #OxfordUni

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.

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13157/UCU-condemns-baffling-dismissal-of-University-of-Sussex-lecturer?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&campaign=sussex

#UCU #casualisation #redundancies #Sussex

We've had a significant win against casualisation after Sheffield Hallam University agreed to move associate lecturers off zero-hour contracts.

The agreement goes a long way to addressing the insecurity of zero-hour contracts and inequalities between associate lecturers and other members of academic staff.

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12828/Union-welcomes-end-of-zero-hours-contracts-for-associate-lecturers-at-Sheffield-Hallam-University?utm_source=mast&utm_medium=post&campaign=socc

#UCU #HigherEducation #casualisation

Today negotiations start for the new labour agreement for Dutch universities.

Sign this petition against the #casualisation of labour: https://www.fnv.nl/petities/petitie-universiteiten-vaste-contracten#/

NB: The page is in Dutch, but click the globe icon in the top right-hand corner to translate.

More permanent contracts for lecturers and researchers!

#WOinActie #CasualAcademy

@politicalscience @philosophy

So, is the #influencer phenomenon actually just the #casualisation and #outsourcing of the #marketing profession, and hybridization with modeling?

Cuts in my #pension (c.35%);
Falling pay (a real-terms decrease since 2009 of 20%);
#Inequalities throughout the system;
#Casualisation and #precarity;
Excessive workloads.

For these reasons, I'm #striking today, tomorrow and Wed.

Things cannot go on like this #ucuRISING #ucustrikesback #ucustrike