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The PhD Network Netherlands (PNN) attended Christine W. M. Schunck's defense yesterday in the Auditorium of Radboud University Nijmegen. Schunck received her doctorate for a dissertation on the church history of Curaçao, entitled " Intolerant Tolerance: The History of Catholic Missionary Work in Curaçao 1499-1776."

This morning, the Dutch PhD Network presented the results of a large-scale study on NPO Radio 1 into the employment conditions of PhD contracts in 2017-2018. In 2017, the number of dubious contracts, with insufficient research time for PhD candidates, increased further to 15%.

A new Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU) has been in effect since July 1, 2018. It contains three important developments for the fair treatment of PhD candidates.

Parking campaign by VAWO and PNN at the opening of the academic year, September 3, 2018, Tilburg University. Temporary contracts and temporary appointments are commonplace in academia.