They put the free in freelance.
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My current record waiting for payment for a guest lecture is 14 months (and I'm still waiting on that one)
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Might it not be more effective to publicly call out the specific institutions?
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She said she*doesn't* have 50 hours spare...
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Oh and when you do get paid there's still the joy of having to call up HMRC two years later to inform them you don't want half your personal tax allowance allocated to a university you once spent all of two hours in waiting for you.
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Ours enrols you in the universities pension scheme for a one-off gig.
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The inhibitors of communication and creativity in a nutshell
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I think it was
@bengoldacre who once said he'll speak anywhere if they book the train tickets and hotel room upfront so he can just get on with the talk with zero admin. For some, that's a big if. -
Doing two talks this week that mercifully did just that, and refuse to do talks for any non-charity who won't book your travel/accomm upfront
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This is me, 2 years ago, deciding ‘fuck British universities forever’. Next spring I will test an Italian one. Looking forward to not getting paid but in euros
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In my experience (small Ns in each case, though), German unis are the worst and French ones are the best (hotel booked and bill taken care of, train tickets sent).
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