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Posts tagged with casual voices
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Casual Voices: Geoffrey
In my Faculty, there are two (one-person) rooms set aside for tutors' use. I think we've got about 60 casual tutors. The large number of tutors means that the Faculty administration can't give ... -
Casual Voices: Debbie
Finding out which classes I have been allocated on the Thursday before term starts is very unsettling as definite plans can't be made for the term until the very last -
Casual Voices: Richard
I've been teaching as a casual for 34 years, at a dozen or so universities, across topics and departments as diverse as: Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Economics, Management, Marketing, Music, ...
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Casual Voices: Alanna
I have worked as a casual in a university for the same school since I graduated as a mature age student with a distinction average in 1996 from the same university. The university first asked me to ...
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Casual Voices: Julie
Late last year I applied for an ongoing position at a regional university where I have worked as a sessional tutor and lecturer almost continuously since 1993. I was the second ranked applicant, ...
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Casual Voices: Paul
Budget approval for my sessional teaching did not take place until the first week of teaching started. The contract was then slow in being made up. Then, as a result of poor communication, I was not told to pick it up from the office (or where, in fact to pick it up from). It is coming up to week 6 and still no payment as a result of these delays. I will get 3 pays at once and masses of tax taken out. I like the teaching, but, really is it worth it?
Paul
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Casual Voices: Geoffrey
Well it's that time of year again when we go cap in hand to beg for work. I feel like Oliver asking - "please Sir, can I have some more ?". If we are rewarded with some casual tutoring work for semester then begins the arduous task of ensuring contracts are signed in time (if they are prepared at all, they are only usually available a few days before you start teaching) and organising access to rooms. This year, my school has no available keys for the cramped casual tutors room - they ran out! So, again, when I want to use the tutors room, which is shared usually by around 10 others, I get to go cap in hand again, and ask to use the room. Imagine if that was a permanent staff member!
And that's respect for you!
Geoffrey
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Casual Voices: anon
I work for a different organisation who also employ casual staff. They encourage/support their casuals by providing salary sacrificing. At the university that I am casually employed they cannot provide this service. Why...?
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Casual Voices: Estelle
I want to thank the NTEU for lobbying the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at Sydney University in order to achieve better pay rates for casual tutors. This semester I will be paid for half an hour each essay that I mark. As an experienced tutor, this is wonderful situation to finally find myself in. I always provided extensive feedback to my students on their essays, knowing that much of my time spent in doing so would, effectively, be free labor. It is a delight to sit down with an essay, provide the detailed feedback that I have always provided - but this time, know that my work is valued. Thanks so much,
Estelle
