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Anthropology and Sociology Seminar Series : Rich universities, poor education and the growing precarious academic class |
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This paper deals with causes and impacts of casual teaching staff exploitation at Australian Universities, with a case study from UWA. Casualisation of employment relations is a measure of improving economic efficiency and profitability of businesses. The number of unstable jobs has been increasing globally across industries for the last ten years and resulted in a new socio-economic class, precariat (Standing 2011). At the same time the pressure on the remaining permanent staff to perform increases without any guarantees of continuing job security. Ironically, top management and a growing class of technocrats are the main beneficiaries of this organisational restructuring with seven figures salaries at the VC level becoming the standard. The impact of these new employment arrangements for the precariat is often devastating at various levels: financial, professional, social, personal and health-related. Paradoxically, the long-term impact of growing work casualization has a negative effect on the restructuring organisation: high employee turnover, loss of knowledge and skills, and poor consumer (students) satisfaction.
Dr Andrzej Gwizdalski is an independent researcher and multi-award winning ‘freelance’ lecturer who explores global issues related to the impact of emerging technologies and politics on work, economy and society. Andrzej has been involved in supporting and representing casual teaching staff at various levels of industrial dispute resolution at UWA since 2013.
Speaker(s) |
Dr Andrzej Gwizdalski
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Location |
Social Sciences Building Room 2204
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Contact |
Farida Fozdar
<[email protected]>
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Start |
Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:30
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End |
Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:30
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Submitted by |
Karen Eichorn <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:16
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