Revitalising activism and democracy via professional development for casual academics (Advocate 25 03)

That prioritising casualisation is one of the key challenges our Union is now facing was brought home by the recent publication of the Times Higher Education University Leaders Survey, a major survey of leaders in global higher education which found that seven out of 10 Australian vice-chancellors expect that a greater proportion of academics will be on short-term or casual contracts in Australian universities by 2030. More...