Report on casualistion at Oxford Brooks and Oxford universities
14 February 2022
Oxford Brookes 圖朸厙 and Oxford University 圖朸厙 have produced a report on precarious academic work and its impacts. The report includes testimonies from fixed-term and hourly-paid lecturers, researchers, and PGRs from the two institutions, as well as comments from permanent colleagues on how casualisation affects workloads and research culture.
Respondents highlighted several interrelated issues, but some central themes emerged: lack of career progression; lack of employment rights; low and/or unstable income and its consequences in one of the most expensive cities in the UK; mental health issues; casualisation's exacerbation of existing equalities issues; and, for migrant staff and students, concerns around visa requirements and immigration status.
The testimonies were gathered in November and December 2021, after discussions at a joint open meeting held by the two branches, and were compiled by Dalila Missero, Oxford Brookes 圖朸厙 research staff rep and Tom White, Oxford 圖朸厙 anti-casualisation officer.
And blog posts from the two branches can be read on the and the websites.
This is a great example of local branches working together to help the fight against casualisation.
Updates and calls for action will be published regularly on the Oxford Brookes 圖朸厙 website and the Oxford 圖朸厙 blog, as well as on our Twitter accounts (; ). Don't hesitate to contact either branch via email to ask questions, join our campaigns, and propose actions: ucu.brookes@gmail.com / oxfordanticas@gmail.com.
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