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Eurodoc and the ERA Public Consultation 15 February 2012 On 30 January 2012, the European Commission presented the preliminary report on the public consultation on the European Research Area [LINK 1]. Two main messages emerged clearly from the report. First, the careers and mobility of researchers is the most important area in which EU actions must be urgently stepped up. As Eurodoc has repeatedly stated [LINK 2], and the respondents to the public consultation confirmed, the lack of open and transparent recruitment procedures is a key barrier to mobility. As the formal European representative of all early-stage researchers (doctoral and post-doctoral researchers), Eurodoc welcomes the European Commission’s use of our written contributions [LINK 3] and urge all European and national representatives and stakeholders to take into consideration our recommendations on how to address some of the main mobility barriers for the upcoming ERA framework. The second important message from the...

January 5, 2012 The Atlantic - Why Is Open-Internet Champion Darrell Issa Supporting an Attack on Open Science? January 6, 2012 Wired - Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For January 7, 2012 Scientific American - The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research. January 10, 2012 The New York Times - Research Bought, Then Paid For January 16, 2012 The Guardian - Academic publishers have become the enemies of science The New York Times - Cracking Open the Scientific Process January 22, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education - Who Gets to See Published Research? The New York Times - Should Research Be More Freely Available? January 26, 2012 The Huffington Post - SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard About January 28, 2012 Forbes - Elsevier's Publishing Model Might be About to Go Up in Smoke The Lancet - The Research Works Act: a damaging threat to science January 30, 2012 Wired - Testify: The Open-Science Movement Catches Fire...

DocLinks Survey DocLinks project Survey to doctoral candidates 14 February 2012 The DocLinks project – “Increasing Understanding and Establishing Better Links between African and European Doctoral Education Candidates”, aims to increase cooperation between doctoral candidates and junior researchers from Africa and Europe, to enhance skills and understanding, through the establishment of networking mechanisms and the introduction of new ways to share information. DocLinks is funded by ERASMUSMUNDUS. Online Survey We would like to hear about your experience, views and needs and what you would find most useful from this project. We would be grateful for your help in completing this online survey, and your response will be important in ensuring the success of this project. Please access the survey, which should take around 20 minutes to complete, via the URL below: English version The survey will be open until 31st March 2012 but your early response would be appreciated. If you have any...

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Students! Act now to support the bipartisan Federal Research Public Access Act. This important legislation would provide students - and the rest of the public - with unprecedented free and timely access to all articles resulting from federally funded research. We currently have a unique opportunity to create change. The Research Works Act, a piece of legislation introduced in December that would ban the government from providing the public access to publicly funded research, has galvanized the research community into acting against practices that restrict access to research articles – reaching the pages of the Economist, the New York Times, Wired, the Guardian, the Boston Globe, Slate, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and many other outlets. Furthermore, the publishers of the two most prestigious scientific journals, Science and Nature, have not only opposed the Research Works Act but also endorsed the National Institutes of Health public access policy, which FRPAA would extend to...

Please take a few moments to thank FRPAA's introducing co-sponsors for their leadership on public access, even if you don't live in their district. A strong showing of support from our community will help embolden our champions to lobby their colleagues in Congress aggressively for FRPAA's passage. Contact information for each of our introducing sponsors is below. You can thank the sponsors in a number of ways. First and foremost, you can use our template thank you letter to create your own which you can submit to the offices either through their webforms (you can use the address of their district office as a stand-in if you don't live in their district) or by faxing it. You can also post a short thank you to their Facebook page or on Twitter. Finally, you can call the sponsors' offices to let them know you appreciate their support for public access. Senate Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) @JohnCornyn; Facebook page http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public... (using zipcode...

For immediate release February 09, 2012 For more information, contact: Nick Shockey Director, Right to Research Coalition +1 202 296 2296 nick [at] arl [dot] org US House and Senate introduce bipartisan bill to unlock federally funded research, improve students’ educations Washington, DC – In a coordinated effort signaling the importance of public access to publicly funded research, both chambers of the United States Congress today introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act, important legislation which would improve American higher education by requiring that federally funded research be made openly available to the public. The bipartisan bill was introduced in the House by Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA), Kevin Yoder (R-KS), and Lacy Clay (D-MO), and in the Senate by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX). The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) would unlock the United States’ $60 billion annual investment in research that yields a...