January was a little scary...ok...a lot scary. We watched, more than slightly terrified, as sales dropped and dropped and, well, you get the picture. February, normally a…
fixed-term faculty
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The abolition of the limited-term employment system at the University of Tokyo allows contract full- or part-time administration staff and (from April this year) part-time teachers to…
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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…
![Colleagues Abroad: Part-time Lecturers in the UK Speak Out—”I don’t make enough for rent” img](https://www.adjunctnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Steve-Hanson-e1585602123726-472x295.jpg)
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…