Employment

Academics doubtful that universities will be prepared to offer increases seen in other UK sectors

As underpayment claims embroil at least half the sector, Griffith’s proposed circuit breaker provokes more discord

‘Real possibility that we can set aside differences’, say employers, after talks with unions that followed three days of strike action

Tentative pact covers postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers, but leaves 300,000-student system in turmoil as talks continue with graduate students in teaching and research roles

Biggest-ever job action in US higher education reaches third week with hundreds of California professors promising to observe picket lines, and system suggesting it may halt their pay

On the picket lines in Cambridge, union members insist this year’s 3 per cent rise is nowhere near enough to contend with spiralling living costs

Incoming staff and students risk losing jobs and funding over delayed checks in ‘sensitive’ fields

For all their collegiality, pay disparity in Australian universities is ‘not out of step’ with big business

Cleaners, security guards and catering staff set to be on picket lines alongside UCU colleagues

Speaking on eve of strikes, new chair George Boyne says affordability is ‘the big constrictor’

Analysis reveals which UK universities have the widest gender pay gaps

Classicist hopes her retirement will allow more of the ‘precariat’ to get a foot on the academic career ladder

Sector leaders acknowledge long-term problems with pay and say now is the time to resolve them after union promises strikes

Walkout over wages and benefits – biggest in any US job sector this year – snarls 300,000-student system just weeks before autumn semester exams

You are part of the problem, academic union tells Labour, as government declines to ‘step in’

At THE conference in Los Angeles, warning of long-term debt to workers includes suggested remedies such as temporary release from course loads and pause in tenure clock

THE’s second global work-life balance survey finds although flexible working has brought benefits, long hours remain a ‘chronic’ problem

Long-serving medieval historian Philip Morgan evicted from office after refusing to show his passport for ‘right-to-work’ check

Around 70,000 members at 150 UK universities set to walk out in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions

First results of landmark survey of 42,186 employees and students released

Embattled university says nine sitting presidents of top-tier research institutions sought top Florida job – but only if they could be assured of sole finalist status

Specialist provider of evening higher education classes planning sweeping cuts to departments, union claims

Head and deputy head of media department warned students about potential impact of marking boycott

Late amendment to legislation means institutions must be consulted by new Jobs and Skills Australia agency

New recruits at specialist creative arts university get far inferior pensions, says union

Changes will exempt many more researchers from forced retirement at 68 but critics say policy is still unfair

Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal

Survey of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting attendees shows even those tipped for glory feel insecure and underdeveloped

Mamokgethi Phakeng describes journey from guilt over taking time out to learning to relax into a much-needed break

Government also set to introduce effective amnesty on doctoral plagiarism and loosen rules on candidates’ relatives from serving on hiring and promotion committees

Unions say one-off handouts will do little to deter members’ appetite to strike for better pay deals

Huge study by Colorado researchers finds one in eight academics studied for their PhD at just five institutions

Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis

Enrolments down and activism up, as staff brace for job losses and management prepares for shutdowns

AUT plans for steepest job losses in the country since the pandemic’s early months as international and domestic enrolments flag

While the sector laments its low profile in this week’s Canberra congress, policy expert expects it to generate ‘dysfunction’

First study of its kind estimates lack of in-person interactions hampered innovation as academics spoke only to those they knew already

Union estimates UK sector made £3.4 billion in 2020-21 financial year and calls for funds to be invested in staff

Departures will give presidents more scope to change outlook of their university, although enrolments will often demand like-for-like replacements

‘Ground-up’ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high

Dramatic change in context could help union secure mandate for broader action but scale of challenge remains daunting

Institution’s party chief dismissed in controversy over lecturers sent overseas to get doctoral qualifications

Staff will end marking boycott under agreement struck between management and UCU

UK government schemes that purport to guarantee disabled applicants an interview are not working, says Becky Alexis-Martin

Unison joins UCU in balloting on industrial action over below-inflation pay rises

Coursera co-founder warns that faculty are ‘burning the candle at multiple ends’

Scale of redundancies and resignations announced by Wolverhampton far surpasses figure previously expected

Principal says institution not able to ‘take new students onto programmes where staff refuse to deliver the promised education’

Having a name that takes longer to pronounce also associated with employment at a lower-ranked institution

Deemed surplus to needs as their university amassed a A$200 million buffer, UWA social scientists find welcome at Curtin

Parisian professor says hers is the first to appoint a selection committee by lot, an approach that should be taken up nationwide

Universities urged to rule out taking advantage of planned redrawing of UK legislation

In bleak assessment, AAUP finds full-time wages up 2 per cent, but down 5 per cent after inflation, falling below recession levels

Western scholars may be taken aback by job negotiations in a country where universities rarely reward merit over seniority

Critics say plans to lower the limit on temporary staff from 40 per cent to 8 per cent are unworkable and could lock in under-qualified lecturers

UCU survey finds those in early career or insecure roles working the longest hours

After years of crude attacks on individual faculty and curriculum, Florida’s ambitious partisan governor identifies more palatable and enduring form of deep academic restraint

Five departments set to be merged into three, says local union branch

Researchers suggest universities should do more to help researchers adapt after time overseas

Daniel Silber complains university was not giving staff being made redundant enough time to find a new role