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ReMO and EASA will run a joint webinar on "Mental Health in Academia" on World Mental Health Day, October 10 at 17:30. Register now to join Alexandra Oancฤ, PhD, mariya ivancheva ๐, Luisa Solms and Brian Cahill on Tuesday evening. easaonline.org/news/remo-webiโฆ

Article in this mornings The Irish Times 'More than a third of teaching staff in higher education institutions consider their employment to be precarious with many saying they are not paid out of term and will have to leave the sector to find permanent jobs.' ow.ly/Zecl50PVpM9

The call for applications for #ESOF2024 in Kattowice is open now! EuroScience esof.eu/call-for-appliโฆ


We're hosting a panel event for all postdocs & interested research staff in Ireland to share our experiences with the research ecosystem in Ireland, progress weโve made, & challenges we all face. UCD Research Staff Association (RSA) Irish RSA TrinityRSA MCAA Ireland Chapter forms.office.com/Pages/Responseโฆ



Our new blog post that summarises the NORF-TRaining in OPen Research in an Irish Context (TROPIC) Workshop Maynooth University has been published norf.ie/norf-tropic-woโฆ National Open Research Forum (NORF) Ireland #OpenResearchIE #openscience


Great start to #TradeUnionWeek! IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones meeting with Richard Boyd Barrett and Richard Lombard Vance from the Irish Research Staff Association to discuss collective bargaining rights for Researchers. #BetterInATradeUnion #ResearcherCareerProgression


Attended Seanad yesterday for Research & Innovation Bill committee stage. Numerous amendments tabled. Thanks to Senators & staff for hard work, particularly Sens Alice-Mary Higgins, Dr Tom Clonan, Frances Black, Eileen Nรญ Fhloinn, Ruane. And all Senators for considering issues. Irish RSA


๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ Precarious employment remains single biggest threat to mental health, physical health, inclusion, productivity(!), research capacity, research quality, academic freedom, inclusion, career progression, 'talent' retention.

๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ (cont'd) Extensive evidence linking precarity to health and employment outcomes in general and academia. As we await action in the sector, agency should take share of responsibility to tackle precarity. Irish RSA IFUT

