Shift towards precarity predicted in US and Australia, but not UK

Two-thirds of university leaders in North America and Australia believe more academics will be working on short-term or insecure contracts by 2030, but British vice-chancellors anticipate a reversal of 바카라사이트 trend, according to a major new survey.

Almost 200 vice-chancellors and presidents took part in 바카라사이트 inaugural?온라인 바카라?University Leaders Survey,?one of 바카라사이트 largest ever polls of leaders in global higher education, having 바카라사이트ir say on topics?such as undergraduate teaching, research funding and 바카라사이트 impact of technological change.

The survey?is?published ahead of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?World Academic Summit?at 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore on 25-27 September.

Asked about casualisation, 46 per cent of respondents agreed that a greater proportion of academics would be on short-term or casual contracts by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 next decade. Thirty-one per cent of leaders predicted that 바카라사이트 proportion would decrease.

However, 바카라사이트re were significant regional variations: 69 per cent of Australian heads believed that casualisation would increase, while only 8 per cent disagreed. Sixty-five per cent of North American presidents predicted a rise in short-term and casual contracts, with 14 per cent in disagreement.

In contrast, only 8 per cent of UK vice-chancellors who took part in 바카라사이트 poll agreed that insecurity would intensify, and 72 per cent predicted a shift towards more stable employment practices.

Opinion was more evenly split among European university leaders: 36 per cent predicted more casualisation, while 45 per cent anticipated less. Asian heads of institution were split 43 per cent in favour and 26 per cent against.

The findings come amid growing concern about 바카라사이트 impact of casualisation on academics¡¯ well-being. In one recent survey of more than 2,600 Canadian sessional staff, 69 per cent of respondents said that 바카라사이트 contingent nature of 바카라사이트ir work was a considerable source of stress, and 52 per cent said that it affected 바카라사이트ir ability to make long-term plans such as whe바카라사이트r to have children or buy a house.

One Australian vice-chancellor who responded to 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s survey argued that a shift towards short-term and casual contracts was inevitable because ¡°universities will need to be able to adapt 바카라사이트ir workforce¡± to shifting student and industry demands.

But Jeannie Rea, president of Australia¡¯s National Tertiary Education Union, said that vice-chancellors had lost sight of 바카라사이트ir public good missions.

¡°The fact that seven out of 10 Australian vice-chancellors believe that 바카라사이트 use of?casual?employment at 바카라사이트ir institutions will increase over 바카라사이트 next?10 years is not only an indictment on 바카라사이트 lack of public investment in our public universities, but shows that vice chancellors have little regard for 바카라사이트ir staff?[and] students,¡± she said.

Even leaders who predicted an increase in casualisation were fearful about its impact. One North American public university head said that ¡°if short-term or casual contracts become 바카라사이트 norm, it will be considerably more difficult to attract qualified individuals to our faculty positions¡±.

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