Academic protests
Researchers at SOAS protest cancellation of leaves and temporary work contracts
Students and staff at SOAS University in London are protesting the decision of the management to scrap the research leaves of researchers and the casual job contracts of temporary academic workers
Educational workers in Estonia demand government funding for research
Dr. Martin Aidnik from the Tallinn University Trade Union speaks about the strike in Estonia calling for increased funds for research
Estonian academics demand more funding for higher education and research
Academic unions say that the current center-right coalition government in Estonia has backtracked from its promise to raise state funding for research to 1% of the country’s GDP
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