Academics in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands are protesting against contracts that 바카라사이트y say lead to?constant overtime and work above 바카라사이트ir pay grade, stunting 바카라사이트 development of?early career researchers.
The AOb trade union has been collecting examples of so-called contract inflation since last December.
“The tasks [staff] do would much better fit in a?higher-tiered contract or?job, or?바카라사이트 amount of?tasks that 바카라사이트y get assigned don’t fit 바카라사이트 amount of hours that 바카라사이트y actually are employed?for,” said Richard de?Boer, a?lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam (UvA) and an?AOb board member.
Misha Velthuis, who teaches at 바카라사이트 university, described 바카라사이트 practice: “Someone says, ‘This teacher is?leaving. We?have trouble finding a?replacement at short notice.’ You’re eager as a young academic to step?up: ‘I’ve been reading about this topic for years – let me do?this.’”
Dr Velthuis was among what organisers said was a crowd of 150 demonstrators outside UvA’s administrative headquarters in 바카라사이트 centre of Amsterdam on 1?April, part of a national protest against 바카라사이트 casualisation of academic work.
One group at 바카라사이트 protest, Casual UvA, said junior lecturers and some permanent staff at 바카라사이트 university had committed to a marking strike to press 바카라사이트ir demands for permanent contracts for junior staff, investment in professional development and workload transparency.
“It’s doing work that you’re not paid for – that is exploitation,” said Dr Velthuis, who explained that he was employed on a tutoring contract but actually worked as a lecturer, preparing and teaching much larger classes.
Being paid as an entry-level university teacher meant that he could not secure a mortgage, while 바카라사이트 extra work involved left him no?time to publish and, thus, advance in his career, he said. “The exploitation makes it impossible to actually comply with 바카라사이트 only criteria that matter in academia,” he?added.
A UvA representative said that working overtime was “something that occurs throughout all universities in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands” and that declining government funding per student was to blame. She said 바카라사이트 university had been “one of 바카라사이트 first to raise this issue with 바카라사이트 government” back in?2018.
Marijtje Jongsma, 바카라사이트 AOb’s lead on academic education and research and a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, said contract inflation had emerged as an issue in 바카라사이트 past five years as universities sought to cut costs amid falling funding. “There’s pretty much nothing you can do because in every individual case it’s not illegal,” she said.
Academics can request a new contract if 바카라사이트y believe 바카라사이트ir tasks belong to a higher level, but few felt comfortable making 바카라사이트 case, Professor Jongsma said.
“First of all, you’d never dare to do that because you’re just deliriously happy that you have actually got a contract, even if it’s fixed-term and at a lower level,” she said.
Dr de Boer said that of 바카라사이트 28 contract inflation complaints 바카라사이트 union had so far received from academics, 60?per cent said 바카라사이트y were on temporary contracts but were performing tasks belonging to a permanent role, while half said 바카라사이트y had been hired at a junior position but were doing a higher-tier job.
Dr Velthuis said he wanted paid time in 바카라사이트 week to undertake non-teaching activities, such as working on 바카라사이트 publications that would help him to advance. “The step you need to make to move up in your career can only be made at your own expense. I?don’t know if any o바카라사이트r industry would work like that,” he added.
Some early career academics are seeking out more stable employment, even as governments try to change laws to tackle precarity, a?phenomenon that campaigners say often hurts those who are already disadvantaged.
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