Working Conditions in a Marketised University System

This book provides an in-depth qualitative report on casualised academic staff in the UK, mapping shared experiences and strategies for resistance. Bringing together testimonial data spanning seven years, it offers evidence of how precarious labour conditions have persisted, shifted and intensified. The book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in the fields of education, human resources management, labour studies and sociology, as well as trade unionists and university policymakers.

Considers intersectional equalities issues alongside precarity Analyses numerous successful campaigns by casualised workers Includes examples from across the humanities, social sciences and STEM

Auteur

Krista Bonello is a researcher and teacher at the University of Malta, and Research Fellow at the University of Kent, UK.

Lena Wånggren is a researcher and teacher in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Generation Precarity.- 2. The Study: Working Conditions in a Marketised University System.- 3. Limbo: Precarious Livelihoods, Teaching and Research.- 4. Insecurity.- 5. Identity, Institutions and Networks.- 6. Strategies of Resistance.- 7. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?.