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Colleagues Abroad: Shattering Myths About Contract Academic Staff
The more than 2,600 survey respondents challenged the institutional line that most low-paid, short-term and part-time teachers love the flexibility of their contract employment. Instead they have shed a gloomy light on exactly what it means…
Thousands of International Scholars Call for U.S. Academic Conference Boycott to Protest Muslim…
by Ellie Bothwell More than 4,000 scholars have signed a petition calling for an academic boycott of international conferences held in the U.S., to provide solidarity with those affected by Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven…
In UK, More Than Half of Academics Employed on Precarious Contracts
by Jack Grove More than half of academics are employed on precarious contracts, claims a report by the University and College Union on the “hire-and-fire culture of insecure working” within higher education. Some 54 per cent of all academic…
PTers at Algoma University in Ontario Prepared to Strike for Higher Pay
“We’re not looking for the mean salary or the median salary, we are looking to be tied with the bottom, and management (at Algoma) offered us zero for the next three years…we don’t think our request is at all unreasonable,” Robinson said…
Colleagues Abroad: Part-time Lecturers in the UK Speak Out—”I don’t make enough for…
Steve Hanson, 44, part-time lecturer in political sociology I have a doctorate from a great university; I’ve worked on government research projects, and have more published work than many tenured staff. I have been hourly-paid for about…
Why All Universities in Kenya Are Phasing Out PT Lecturers
By Ouma Wanzala The Kenyan Commission for University Education has announced that part-time lecturers will be phased out. The commission is determined to phase out part-time lecturers, saying most of them are giving substandard services to…
Lecturer Uses Facebook to Expose The Poor Working Conditions of Part-Time Instructors In South…
by Jean Marie Abellana About 70,000 lecturers from several universities in South Korea are working part-time. These teachers renew their job contracts every semester. While the majority of them desire to be given a full-time status, most…
Dutch Legislature Strengthens Temp. Faculty Contracts, Universities Thwart New Law
At universities in the Netherlands, an increasing number of university academic staff are being employed on flexible contracts, the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant reported in 2014. Over the past 17 years, the number of university staff on…
A Perspective from Canada—The Wage Gap that Plagues Non-Tenured Faculty is a Political Issue
by Gail Lethbridge With Frosh Week drawing to close and Labour Day still fresh in our memory, it’s a good time to ask who is teaching our university students. Many are full-time professors with good pay, health care benefits, vacations, job…
British University Rejects Criticism for Using Academic Title of "Hourly Paid Lecturers"…
by Jack Grove With so many variations of lecturer, fellow, reader and professor – such as senior, associate, visiting and principal – academic job titles are sometimes seen as confusing for British students. But a rather blunt job…