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Precarity and the Pandemic: An Inquiry into the Impact of COVID-19 on the Working Lives of Non-Permanent Educators in Post-Compulsory Education in Ireland
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Fitzsimons, Camilla; Henry, Sean; O'Neill, Jerry – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2022
The paper analyses how educators employed on non-permanent contracts in the non-compulsory education sector in Ireland have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic. These employees were starting from a low base in relation to the terms and conditions of their employment when their places of work dramatically pivoted online in March 2020. We argue the…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
Precarity in the Ivory Cage: Neoliberalism and Casualisation of Work in the Irish Higher Education Sector
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Courtois, Aline; O'Keefe, Theresa – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2015
The higher education sector in Ireland has undergone major changes under the effect of neoliberalism including severe budget cuts, transfer of research funding to external agencies, reduction in permanent contracts and increased reliance on part-time, temporary staff for teaching and research roles. The neoliberalisation of the university, as in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Part Time Faculty