Not only do we have Masters and PGR students on the picket line supporting the staff who are on strike, we also had these lovely ladies visit us to bring cakes!
The students at BU are incredibly important to us (kinda the reason why we do the job!) but many of the post-grads aren’t just students, they are also part of the teaching faculty. Of course, they do this on part-time hourly paid contracts which provide very little job security, don’t take into account research output, and usually don’t cover prep time for lectures and seminars. That means that often these lovely people (and all the other staff on precarious fixed term and hourly paid contracts) don’t get paid for a lot of the work they do.
We don’t think this is fair. It’s not fair on them, working evenings and weekends to prep for sessions without being paid for it. It isn’t fair on the students who pay an average of £9000 a year to be taught by people who aren’t on a proper contract.
Below is our message to our students.
Students, feel free to join us over the next few weeks. Talk to us about why we are striking, challenge the university on what your fees are used for. We are in this together. #BUproud.
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