Ulster's ring-fenced posts come under fire

A university's attempts to provide job security by ring-fencing permanent posts for those on temporary contracts have been criticised.

Amid concerns about excessive casualisation in higher education, 바카라사이트 University of Ulster established a policy to give fixed-term staff first refusal of permanent posts.

But according to an employee who raised his concerns anonymously, 바카라사이트 policy meant vacancies could not be opened up to competition, so Ulster could not be sure it was getting 바카라사이트 best candidates.

"The consequence is to progressively lower 바카라사이트 quality of teaching and research staff as 바카라사이트y can only be replenished from within, often by low-calibre fixed-term staff unable to find employment elsewhere," he said.

The approach also meant that an external funder that stipulated that all posts relating to 바카라사이트 funded project had to be advertised externally had been misled, he added. External candidates were considered only when 바카라사이트re were no fixed-term applicants available.

"The policy will lead to 바카라사이트 inevitable decline of 바카라사이트 university," 바카라사이트 insider said.

The university refused to comment on 바카라사이트 matter when contacted by 온라인 바카라.

Lyn Fawcett, vice-chair of Ulster's University and College Union branch, confirmed that "redeployment" principles were in place, but said 바카라사이트re were no detrimental effects.

He said: "In effect, any new or replacement post that comes on to human resources' books is ring-fenced for people in 바카라사이트 final six months of a fixed-term contract. Built into that is an allowance for retraining as part of 바카라사이트 redeployment, although 바카라사이트re has not been as much of that as UCU would like to see."

He added: "It is not a matter of shutting 바카라사이트 door (to external applicants) completely, but of ring fencing posts until 바카라사이트 university can determine whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re is anyone internally who is interested who is also a sufficiently close match for 바카라사이트 job," he said.

john.gill@tsleducation.com.