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Direct linkDavid Cairns – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
This article explores an important aspect of academic precarity: the use of fixed-term contract researchers as factotums within universities. The practice can be defined as the taking-on of tasks that are outside of core research activities, including substantial amounts of time spent teaching, supervising students and preparing research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Researchers, Nontenured Faculty, Role Conflict
