The Precarity Project aims to help UK-based early career Americanists - particularly those on fixed-term or precarious contracts - find their way in, or their way out of, the academy.
THE CHANGE-UP PODCAST
A podcast and blog series exploring post-PhD careers for UK-based Americanists
AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE ARCHIVE
A teaching database containing hundreds of module handbooks
JOB EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK
Created in collaboration with HOTCUS, this framework provides guidance
for ECRs and institutions with regards to exploitative or temporary contracts
for ECRs and institutions with regards to exploitative or temporary contracts
FUNDING + AWARDS
Funding and awards either specifically oriented toward ECRs and/or precarious scholars,
or where ECRs and/or precarious scholars have enjoyed previous success
or where ECRs and/or precarious scholars have enjoyed previous success
Developed with support from the US Embassy in London, the British Association of American Studies (BAAS), and the Leverhulme Trust.