by Becca Bashford | May 29, 2020 | Academic freedom, Admissions, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, Scotland, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance, Wales, Widening access, Workplace stress
This week, universities continued to come to grips with the prospect of shifting online, raising questions about quality and accessibility. CDBU also expressed their support for disabled students who feel left behind amid Covid-19 chaos, and we have issued a call for...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 4, 2019 | Guest blog, Marketisation, Uncategorized, Workplace stress
A huge rise in mental health referrals amongst academics is the result of increasingly stressful working conditions, argues researcher and independent scholar Liz Morrish It is often said that lecturers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions. My...