me, sobbing: "I haven't worked all week." partner, gently: "you've facilitated two events, given feedback on three chapters, met with five students, and written eight recommendation letters." me: "AS MY UNFINISHED BOOK EXPLAINS, ONLY IT HAS VALUE UNDER CAPITALISM"

“This is a reflection on how those of us exiting the academy are as differently positioned via shifting precarities and privileges as those trying to get in; and those already inside.” letstalkacademia.blogspot.com/2019/04/what-d…

‘This position is open only to those who have recently completed or are about to submit a PhD’ all for the princely sum of £10.55ph?? ⁦How is this justified? Fair Museum Jobs⁩ ⁦the academic precariat⁩ ⁦British Library⁩ jobs.ac.uk/job/BRR430/pos…

Job Alert! 18-month fixed-term Medieval History job at QUB! Exciting selection criteria. Do you fancy being hired for your juicy REF submission and then fired? If so, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Apply now!! jobs.ac.uk/job/BRR300/lec…

"Precarity damages mental health & careers. This branch resolves: To call on UoL/SAS to commit to modelling best practice by offering a standard post-contract support package to all academic and research-active employees on precarious contracts, and to graduating PhD students"

“As staff, we've allowed ourselves to be exploited. We've been told we need to do more, that we're not good enough. It's time to restore our sense of self-worth & remember how much power & authority we have”: incoming Gen Sec Jo Grady’s address #UCU2019 ucu.org.uk/article/10119/…

Does anyone know of any good work on links between pensions and casualised staff e.g. numbers of casualised staff opting out of pensions for affordability reasons, etc.? @UoK_Precariat the academic precariat

“A few days after the end of my fixed-term contract, I collapsed at home, with a severe reaction to chronic stress. I lost a lot of weight and was unable to leave the house for a fortnight. It was during this time that I decided I was done.” medium.com/@catherine.oak…

#UCU #StampOutCasualisation Please read & share this moving, honest & thought-provoking article by our #FE comrade Gwen Vickers on the links between #precariouswork #fairness & #mentalhealth tes.com/news/casual-wo… UCU Left Anti-Precarity Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✊ the academic precariat Precarious Brum

“Thou shalt not imply that doing a nine-month teaching contract will lead to a more secure and sustainable post within your department and then hire someone with more publications instead” 👌🏻

“This is no way to live. I have little or no money coming in over the summer. All three of the paid jobs have come to an end with no guarantee that there will be any work for me anywhere in September.”

Egregious: Promoting research excellence ExeterGeography in advert for 9 months teaching Research 'excellence' is built on the backs of exploitative contracts When is this teacher going to do *their* research? The summer? When they're not employed? the academic precariat UCU Anti-Casualisation Committee

We are the University of Central Lancashire, ranked in the top 3.7% of worldwide universities and awarded TEF silver status. Behind this facade, we are seeking to hire someone on a 0.5 fixed term contract to cover what former staff know to be a full-time post. @UCLan

Experience life as a university lecturer for 18 months and then we’ll let you go? Just after REF closes, you say...