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A research assistant's responsibilities have steadily increased but her pay has stayed the same. Can she use the research concordat to argue for better wages? What would you advise?
Employing free labour acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy for universities, reducing diversity in the workforce and weakening arguments for funding of paid posts, says Martin Eve