tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post8928332733667428804..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: Why I will be on strike tomorrow.The Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-49882671845052606172013-11-01T11:15:56.944+00:002013-11-01T11:15:56.944+00:00@helenfinch you might be interested (but saddened)...@helenfinch you might be interested (but saddened) to hear that what you say about doctors is wrong. Following the "modernising medical careers" reform, they cannot choose where to seek work. they apply for training in one of several (vast, except London) regions and work where they are told within the region they get a post in (flexibility and openness to moves varies between place and speciality). this can split families by hundreds of miles for quite long periods (indefinitely, in theory).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-18996256767708009762013-10-31T09:21:55.953+00:002013-10-31T09:21:55.953+00:00Agree with every word. I'd like to add the dis...Agree with every word. I'd like to add the disruption caused by the geographic dispersal of jobs. Doctors, lawyers and teachers can all decide to live somewhere and seek a job there; early career academics have to move across the country on a yearly or twice-yearly basis for their 60% 4-month teaching fellowships. That costs money, too, and destroys relationships and the support structures that make casualised work manageable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-63326209508923846952013-10-30T17:53:37.511+00:002013-10-30T17:53:37.511+00:00All so well put as usual, Vole. Yes, years of stud...All so well put as usual, Vole. Yes, years of study and then hourly-paid contracts and 'lost' payslips, etc. I've a good friend who has publications and forthcoming peer-reviewed material. That person has now left HE which is terrible, she was much praised as a lecturer (when she could actually get a few hours)and liked by the students. If HE can't pay/employ people with qualifications, commitment and talent, what hope is there.AnnaDnoreply@blogger.com