Here's what the government and universities can do about the crisis of insecure academic work
- Written by Jess Harris, Associate Professor in Education, University of Newcastle
ShutterstockContract and casual workers in Australian universities have borne the brunt of revenue losses and funding cuts to higher education and research. When the government refused to provide JobKeeper to public universities during the COVID pandemic, thousands of academics on contracts got the boot.
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