This page covers issues relating to part-time contracts for demonstrators, instructors, tutors, teachers and lecturers.
Issues around hourly paid and casual workers are complex and fast moving, so we cannot guarantee that the information on this page is completely up to date. If you have specific questions please contact ucu@sheffield.ac.uk.
See also our separate page for Post Graduate Students.
UCU’s aim is reduce the use of part-time hourly paid contracts in the University, and for all regular part-time staff to be employed on permanent fractional contracts on pro-rata pay and terms and conditions.
Use this employment status check list. If you are a Bank Worker teaching for the University of Sheffield and have taught both semesters each year this will help you find out whether or not you should have employee status. Use this template letter to request regularisation
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