So here we are - another wave of #ucustrikes I am one of the lucky ones, recently promoted to a permanent post and doing work I really care about, both in teaching and research. I really want to be getting on with that instead. But I also want to 1/ know that my brilliant colleagues currently on fixed-term contracts can escape the stress and uncertainty of precarious working conditions. I want people to stop feeling that they have to work well beyond the hours they are paid and I want to 2/