Strypey<p>“With nearly 70% of its teaching staff on precarious contracts, Oxford is one of the worst offenders, but this is an issue that extends across UK higher education.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RebeccaAbrams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RebeccaAbrams</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/21/academics-win-claim-against-oxford-university-over-sham-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2024</span><span class="invisible">/feb/21/academics-win-claim-against-oxford-university-over-sham-contracts</span></a></p><p>Not just the UK either. I know people who have been on similar gig contracts at NZ universities, and I've read worse stories about the US. Another product of the PMC (Professional-Managerial Class)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/GigEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GigEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a></p>