Just came across the IFUT submission to the Expert Group on Fixed-term and Part-Time Lecturers: Having any number of part-time or fixed-term employees above the absolute minimum required for sound operational reasons is bad for the University or the Higher Education Institution for several reasons ... Any university which has a relatively high number of such employees in its total Faculty numbers is likely, for the reasons set out above, to suffer significant reputational damage. It is noteworthy that when, recently, the story broke about the very high numbers of staff employed on precarious contracts in British universities, there was an unseemly scramble by the worst offending universities to promise an end to such widespread practices. They did this because they clearly calculated that they were suffering massive reputational damage internationally. ... Part-time and/or fixed-term employment is bad for the employee because • Of the obvious effects of lower pay (part-timers). • Of the adverse effects on creditworthiness. Most financial institutions when considering applications for mortgages or other forms of loans will treat a nonpermanent, non-fulltime employee as little more than a minor who is uncreditworthy without the support of additional guarantors. ... Such employment is bad for both the employer and the employee because • Every international authority from UNESCO to Education International has recognised that without security of employment real Academic Freedom cannot exist ifut.ie/sites/default/files/publications/public/report/2014//submissiontoexpertgrouponfixed-termandpart-timeemploymentaugu.pdf
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:43:19 +0000
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