Section 6: Useful Resources - Quick Reference
Before we begin...
Please find below a curated list of useful resources for helping navigate the challenges of precarious employment practices, as recommended by colleagues. Feel free to contribute to this list with your own suggestions using the link below.
Contents
6.1 Employment Rights, Contracts, and Trade Union Support
6.2 Creating Positive Working Cultures
6.3 Career Planning, Job Searching, and Professional Development
6.4 Financial Advice, Debt, and Hardship Support
6.5 Housing and Accommodation Support
6.6 Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
6.1 Employment Rights, Contracts, and Trade Union Support
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
Offers free and impartial advice to employees and employers, as well as resources for dispute resolution.
Researcher Development Concordat (RDC)
Concordat to support the career development of UK researchers - an agreement between research institutes, universities and funders
States of Precarity
Template letter for requesting extended email access
University and College Union (UCU)
General guidance on successive fixed-term contracts, permanency, and model letters
UCU Anti-Casualisation Legal Toolkit
UCU Postgraduate Researcher’s Manifesto
UCU Research Staff Manifesto
A guide for neurodiverse members on casualised contracts
Eligibility Criteria for UCU Legal Support
Support for Migrant Members
Information on joining the UCU
Free membership for unemployed academics
6.2 Creating Positive Working Cultures
Anderson, C. & Wulf, J.
Emailing Practice for a Work-Life Balance
6.3 Career Planning, Job Searching, and Professional Development
Advance HE
Teaching qualifications and professional development programmes
AltAc Careers
AltAc Careers – Leaving Academia (Facebook community)
AltAc Jobs
AltAc Jobs listing site
Careers Service, Oxford University
Writing cover letters
Careers Service, University of Edinburgh
Prepare for an academic interview (includes example interview questions)
jobs.ac.uk
Academic and professional job listings
10 Top Tips for Interview Presentations
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Curating a professional career CV
Writing an effective CV and covering letter
Advice on preparing applications and Interviews
General career resources on using Geography beyond academia
6.4 Financial Advice, Debt, and Hardship Support
Citizen's Advice
Benefits, debt, and legal rights advice
National Debtline
Free debt advice and webchat
Turn2Us
Grants, benevolent funds, and tailored financial advice
6.5 Housing and Accommodation Support
ACORN
Renter’s union and tenant advocacy
Law Centres Network
Free legal advice on housing disputes
Shelter
Housing and homelessness advice
6.6 Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
Registered therapist directory
Education Support
Wellbeing support for education staff
Mind
Mental health advice and live chat
National Health Service (NHS)
Mental health and talking therapies
Rape Crisis England and Wales
Support for survivors of sexual violence
Samaritans
Emotional support hotline
Victim Support
Support for people affected by crime
Women in Academia Support Network (WIASN)
Peer support network
This is not an exhaustive list of available resources. If you know of others, please share them with us below!
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