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Academic staff representatives go head to head with government over employment reform
Germany’s General Faculty Association (AFT) has expressed its opposition to government plans to limit short-term contracts in German science.
The group weighed in on discussions about reforming the fixed contract law in academia (WissZeitVG), which allows universities to hire postdocs and junior lecturers on short-term contracts. Such contracts have been found to contribute to job insecurity among early-career academics—and the government has promised to severely curtail their number.
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