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72% of staff in further, adult and prison education are struggling to make ends meet, UCU survey finds
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CASUALISATION of teaching jobs is pushing lecturers and education workers towards food banks while their mental health sustains a huge blow, according to a damning report.
Research by the University and College Union (UCU) shows that 72 per cent of staff in further, adult and prison education are struggling to make ends meet — while one even reported that they had to use a food bank.
71 per cent of respondents to the survey said that their mental health had been damaged by working on insecure contracts.
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