In Their Own Time

In Their Own Time

Dr Cécile Ménard, University of Edinburgh
Dr Lena Wånggren, University of Edinburgh
Maria Stoian, Illustrator

Doorway looking into kitchen setting with cupboards and appliances such as washing machine, kettle and microwave

Green and white illustration of a portable table with laptop, mouse, and mug

Introduction

Casualisation – the precarisation of work, in which core business previously done by colleagues on open-ended contracts is done on hourly, fixed-term, sessional, and one-off basis – is a key feature of the contemporary academic workplace.


Academics

Please read about each of our academics and their personal stories through a series of bespoke comics.