http://non-specialist.net/unimapping a collective project to explore and visually map out how the university produces precarious living and working conditions Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:54:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ich liebe dich trotzdem. Prekarität in der Kultur- und Wissensproduktion Fr, 24.4., 20h - Goldener Salon, Große Bergstraße Wo fängt unbezahlte Arbeit an? Wo hört sie auf? Ist unser Leben ein einziges Projekt? Was ist das Versprechen der Selbstständigkeit? Erste Antworten geben die Carrot Workers (London), das Projekt "the University and Precarity" ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=56 April 27, 2009 Op-Ed Contributor End the University as We Know It By MARK C. TAYLOR GRADUATE education is the Detroit of higher learning. Most graduate programs in American universities produce a product for which there is no market (candidates for teaching positions that do not exist) and develop skills for which there is ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=52 20 Australian institutes face immigration department's probe 7 Apr 2009 MELBOURNE: In a move which could be a major blow to Australia's overseas education industry, including Indian students' enrolment, over 20 study centres in the country have been facing probe for their alleged involvement in breaches of immigration law. "The department is assessing ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=48 qualified non-eu immigrants to be denied uk graduate jobs 03-Mar-2009 Qualified Non-EU Immigrants To Be Denied UK Graduate Jobs Overseas students from outside the EU will be excluded from taking up the best graduate jobs in the UK under new rules announced by the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith. Although the new rules will ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=45 AN ACADEMIC IN AMERICA Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go It's hard to tell young people that universities view their idealism and energy as an exploitable resource By THOMAS H. BENTON Nearly six years ago, I wrote a column called "So You Want to Go to Grad School?" (The Chronicle, June 6, ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=42 Graduate unemployment in China Thursday, 5 February 2009 China's surge of college graduates finds white-collar work elusive. Some 6.1 million grads are expected to flood the job market this year – joining the 27 percent of last year's diploma-holders who still haven't found work. Instead, they're finding deserted job fairs, hiring freezes, ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=37 Why graduate unemployment rate is high in Nigeria Written by EMEKA EZEKIEL Tuesday, 09 December 2008 Lack  of requisite skills to meet   the  job  requirements of employers have been identified as one of the major reasons responsible for  the  high rate graduate unemployment in Nigeria. “Tim Akano,  chief executive officer of New Horizon ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=31 http://www2.tu-berlin.de/zek/koop/kooptag.html Abgebrochene Promotionen oder lange Promotionszeiten, keine oder unzureichende Betreuung, hohe Arbeitsbelastungen auf befristeten Teilzeitstellen, Finanzielle Sorgen,  umfangreiche unbezahlte Mehrarbeit, die die Möglichkeiten zur Promotion beschneidet, problematische Kommunikationsstrukturen in den Fakultäten, mangelnde Weiterqualikationsmöglichkeiten, unsichere Karriereaussichten, keine Familienplanung....So und ähnlich lauten Beschreibungen der Arbeits- und Qualikationsbedingungen des Akademischen Mittelbaus, der an deutschen ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=23 I am jumping into the discussion a little late, so maybe I am misreading the nuances of the discussion... apologises if my comments sound off. I just want to make two contributions Firstly, some thoughts on the notion of the university as factory, or as occupying the similar position in postFordism that ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=21 http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/comparative/tn0801018s/tn0801018s.htm This report presents an overview of the industrial relations and employment and working conditions of self-employed workers in the European Union and Norway. It presents basic trends in self-employment, highlights issues concerning the definition of self-employment and offers an overview of the national situations regarding the legal framework. The study ... http://non-specialist.net/unimapping/?p=18