Day: November 17, 2024

Baking vibrant vegetables will add colour to darker days The garden has turned a buttery yellow, the leaves of the fig and medlar, pear and plum, are mostly fallen now. Sweeping them up is a daily job involving a road-sweeper sized broom. A pleasure, actually. Before I pick up the brush, I put a tray […]
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ICYMI: Thanksgiving is stock season! Got some leftover vegetables from all those holiday meals? Why not make a stock? Vegetable stock is great for maximizing flavor and minimizing waste. If you’ve ever made a batch of homemade vegetable broth with onion skins, carrot tops, and other kitchen scraps, you know just how good it can be. If you haven’t, and you […]
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UK News: 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 tutorial teaching is done by academics on fixed-term contracts or in hourly-paid roles. The union says that pay is based mainly on contact hours with students, but once preparation, marking and supporting students is taken into account, this often falls below the minimum wage in real terms. Continue reading…
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