Spanish government promises U-turn on researcher contract downgrades
The cabinet will reverse changes that saw thousands of pre-doctoral research contracts effectively turned into internships
Back in 2015 the Spanish government made sweeping changes to the employment contracts of 10,000 pre-doctoral researchers, effectively turning them into internships without warning or consultation. Now, in response to a campaign headed by the Federation of Young Researchers and the campaign group Science With Future they have promised to backtrack.