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PTer Union in Japan Negotiates End to Fixed-Term Employment Contracts

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 apply for, and be granted, permanent employment after over five years of service, in compliance with the 2013...

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.

Colleagues Abroad: Part-time Lecturers in the UK Speak Out—”I don’t make enough for rent”

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.

Things Are Humming Along…For Now

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 slow month for sales of books, subscriptions and job postings, was a record month in terms of sales....

fixed-term faculty

PTer Union in Japan Negotiates End to Fixed-Term Employment Contracts

In UK, More Than Half of Academics Employed on Precarious Contracts

Colleagues Abroad: Part-time Lecturers in the UK Speak Out—”I don’t make enough for rent”

Things Are Humming Along…For Now

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