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https://blogs.manchester.ac.uk/viewpoint/wp-content/uploads/sites/138/2020/02/Keith-Brown700x460.jpg700460I would like to spend some time on one particular issue that appears to have gained traction within the sector over the last year or so. That is the issue of so-called precarious employment within universities.