Despite decades of dependence on sessional teaching staff, universities in Australia and internationally still find it difficult to support the teaching work of this large, casual workforce. A significant consequence of casually-employed teaching staff is risk; sessional academics' professional identity is compromised, quality assurance of…

Higher education institutions often partner with outside staffing vendors to secure large pools of temporary workers for a variety of industrial and clerical positions. However, many institutions are doing so haphazardly and in a disconnected fashion, with different operating units each utilizing a different vendor. Duke University and Health…