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Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff

The Guardian - Higher Education

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors. Data obtained through freedom of information requests by the University and College Union and shared exclusively with the Observer , reveals that about 61% of core tutori