The casualization of academic work is a deepening problem at UK universities. From the late 1990s, the number of academics working on non-permanent, non-full-time contracts has skyrocketed, even as student fees have increased at an exponential rate. This casualization has generated resistance on the lower rungs of the academic ladder. On the one hand, the union for the higher education sector, the UCU, has tried without much success to stem the tide of casualization. On the other, casual academic staff have tried to organise on their own to resist casualization at a local level.

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英国的学术休闲化

学术工作的随意化是英国大学日益深化的问题。从1990年代后期开始，从事非永久性，非全日制合同工作的学者人数猛增，即使学生费用以指数级的速度增长。这种随意性在学术阶梯的较低梯级上产生了阻力。一方面，高等教育部门联合会（UCU）一直没有成功地阻止临时化潮流。另一方面，临时学术人员试图自己组织起来，以抵制地方一级的临时化。