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> Academic staff has a harder time reaching tenure. Tenure in the US sense doesn't exist in the UK academic system. Lecturers/researchers with permanent contra
by andyjohnson0 9y ago
> Academic staff has a harder time reaching tenure.
Tenure in the US sense doesn't exist in the UK academic system. Lecturers/researchers with permanent contracts have the same employment rights as those in the private sector.
- oldcynic 9y agoYes, but, the whole of the UK permanent workforce gets tenure in the US sense after, I think, the first year of employment. As do most EU countries. Long may it remain so. The Tories abolished tenure in the UK sense which roughly removed the right not to be made redundant but didn't affect the standard employment right not to be fired "just because".
- djpowell 9y agoIn 2012, under George Osborne, it was changed so that it is permissible for an employee to be unfairly dismissed in your first two years of employment.