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This week: a digital deal and a snub for PhDs
In depth: A major reform of how Italy’s early career researchers are employed has ground to a halt, as the country’s new research minister has pushed back on her predecessor’s abolition of short-term contracts in the field.
Full story: Italy’s researcher career reforms could be derailed