Despite increased research on gender inequality in the academy, few papers report on how it manifests within precarious work in Higher Education (HE), especially amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. This multiple case study explored 34 academics’ experiences of precarity in 3 universities in London to unravel the challenges for these women using lengthy semi-structured interviews and opportunity and snowball sampling. It unravelled that it has intensified insecurities and discriminations - particularly for female academics - stemming from the neoliberal restructuring of the HE sector in Europe. The article offers recommendations for HR managers and SLTs in Educational Institutions.