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Nature 405, 723 (15 June 2000) | doi:10.1038/35015758

Spanish postgrads push for better employment rights

Xavier Bosch

Postgraduate students in Spain have set up a nationwide organization in an attempt to improve their working conditions.Known as the 'Precarious National Federation' — to reflect the situation in which the students see themselves — the new organization wants to see the current system of monthly student grants replaced by 'training contracts' that last for the whole length of the students' studies.