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Research staff in the UK are a diverse population, covering a variety of disciplines as well as different personal and professional circumstances
Despite this variety, many share the same aspirations and associated challenges. Indeed, for many research is a highly desirable career. The challenges that this career choice presents often include fixed-term contracts, low wages, and limited resources for research activities and career development.
As the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK, the University and College Union (UCU) represents the interests of researchers at every stage of their career:
UCU represents more than 120,000 individuals in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education and training organisations across the UK, and is the largest post-school union in the world: a force working for educators and education that employers and the government cannot ignore.
Resources
- University and College Union
- The researchers' survival guide
- Know Your Rights - a reference for staff on fixed-term or casual contracts [pdf]
- Researchers, fixed-term contracts and universities: understanding law in context
- Hard Times? Building & Sustaining Research Capacity in UK Universities