Nottingham academic on casual contract: 'I had more rights as a binman'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/16/nottingham-academic-on-casual-contract-i-had-more-rights-as-a-binman?CMP=share_btn_tw

Universities accused of 'importing Sports Direct model' for lecturers' pay https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/16/universities-accused-of-importing-sports-direct-model-for-lecturers-pay?CMP=share_btn_tw

Precarious employment at Russell Group universities

Percentage of teaching and teaching-and-research staff on temporary or 'atypical' contracts

University	Proportion
Birmingham	70.3%
Warwick	68.1%
Edinburgh	66.6%
Oxford	63.7%
Queen's, Belfast	63.6%
Exeter	63.2%
Queen Mary, London	62.9%
Durham	60.5%
Manchester	57.9%
Liverpool	57.1%
Bristol	56.2%
York	55.3%
Southampton	54.1%
Glasgow	48.7%
Leeds	48.6%
UCL	48.1%
LSE	45.2%
Nottingham	44.8%
Sheffield	39.2%
King's, London	36.3%
Newcastle	24.9%
Cardiff	23.1%
Imperial	21.1%
Cambridge	13.4%