Call for postgraduate researchers to be treated like staff, not students
University and College Union manifesto wants universities to ‘end exploitation’ of them and grant basic employment rights and benefits
Universities treating postgraduate researchers (PGRs) as students rather than staff is unfair and must change, according to the University and College Union (UCU). The UCU wants universities to sign up to a manifesto it has drafted which calls for PGRs to be given basic employee rights and benefits.