Many European PhD students and junior researchers are getting a bad deal, with few rights and little or no supervision. But things are about to change, reports Quirin Schiermeier.
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Schiermeier, Q. Pity poor postdocs. Nature 434, 540–541 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7032-540a
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