Motion
- Motion title
- Less favourable treatment - early career research staff
- Session
- 2008-2009
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 28 May 2009
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- HE19
- Motion text
This conference notes that the role of Principal Investigator is a critical opportunity for career advancement, and that the current handling of contract wording (especially fixed-term contracts) is knocking many early-career researchers out of the career path. We note that the leadership role is usually identified with the first-named Principal Investigator. Early-career researchers cannot compete on equal footing with the permanent staff if some people's contracts specify an ending date. The use of ending dates in contracts is to be avoided as it is irrelevant to the contract terms and conditions. This conference resolves to explore ways to ensure that permanent contracts are given to all researchers, who have had 1 contract before and who have 4+ years of experience, rather than highly dubious limited term contracts that almost certainly breach the Fixed Term Employees Regulations (2002) and/or the EU Fixed Term Directive of 1999 on which they are based.
- Proposing body
- University of Manchester
- Amended
- Yes
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2009/H/05-28/095/HE19