Exeter to get new £40m retail park

Tom Langley

Speaking on casualisation and fixed term contracts, a university spokesperson told Exeposé : “The University has established a Fair Employment For All project to review the way in which we employ our colleagues, and we regularly meet with trade unions to review progress. Over 700 staff previously engaged on fixed term contracts have been moved to permanent contracts, and more than 600 Postgraduate Research students, who were previously paid through the eClaims system, are now employed on contracts with guaranteed minimum hours.”

Strike action has been paused up until Thursday 2nd March due to “progess made,” in negotiations, and the UCU has reported some progress in ending the use of involuntary zero hours contracts on campus, and have established time limited negotiations for new agreements on “tackling casualisation.”