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Stacey, Meghan; Fitzgerald, Scott; Wilson, Rachel; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Gavin, Mihajla – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2022
Fixed-term contracts are a relatively recent, yet growing category of employment for teachers in the public school system in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. In this article, we draw on quantitative and qualitative data from a large state-wide survey (N = 18,234) of members of the public-school teacher union, the NSW Teachers' Federation, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Contracts, Teacher Employment, Public School Teachers
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Milliken, Matthew – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
Society in Northern Ireland can be characterised as being underpinned by an enduring cultural, religious and political divide between two dominant communities: Catholics and Protestants. The educational system largely reflects and contributes to the reproduction of this separation. Teachers are generally deployed in schools that are consistent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unions, Catholics, Protestants
Natsumi Ueda; Adrianna Kezar – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2023
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA), a public research university, has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to improving working conditions for non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) with a 20-year track record of progressive policies to improve the support for them. This commitment is manifested through a series of improvements in policies,…
Descriptors: Nontenured Faculty, College Faculty, Work Environment, Teaching Conditions