EDEN – Roundtable on Precarious Employment.

EDEN  – Roundtable on Precarious Employment.

 Casual Labour – Precarious Employment – Short Term/ Zero Hour Contracts.

 Terms which have become increasingly commonplace in the decade following the 2008 economic crash.

 As funding for institutes of higher education is once again under threat – and the ever-darkening cloud of Brexit – what is the impact of Casual Labour practices for students, staff and the University: In terms of both its position as a site of learning and as a business model within a competitive global market.  

 Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on Precarious Employment, as we attempt to identify the pitfalls of such practices and the ways of managing these ongoing  conditions.

 A short presentation by ECRO (Early Career Researchers Collective) will highlight the current employment conditions across NUIG.

And will be followed by a discussion between: 

Ciara Murphy (O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance) 

Dr. Evan Bourke ( PostDoc Researcher at The Moore Institute) 

Dr. Rebecca Barr (School Of English – SIPTU Representative)