The European Commission has made a new proposal to define the conditions of entry and residence of third-country national researchers, students, pupils, volunteers and unpaid trainees, repealing the existing student directive (2004/114/EC) and researcher directive (2005/71/EC).

As the proposal is currently under discussion in trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of European Union, this discussion paper underlines some of the main issues, raised by the current proposal, concerning doctoral candidates and junior researchers employed by research institutions.

Within the diversity of administrative and legal framework under which a researcher, at any stage of his/her career, the researcher status is the one which recognizes better the research activity. It usually goes with a proper contract of employment.

However, other issues, such as scientific visas and conditions of mobility for 3rd country nationals researchers in different frameworks of research mobility and/or programs, also have to be discussed. These conditions are defined in other directives and regulations.

The Eurodoc paper and recommendations on the entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research are now published, You can read the paper by clicking on this link.

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Former Vice-President Filomena Parada and President John Peacock  contributed a peer-reviewed chapter ‘The Quality of Doctoral Training and Employability of Doctorate Holders: The Views of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers’ to the volume ‘The European Higher Education Area, Between Critical Reflections and Future Policies’ edited by Adrian Curaj, Liviu Matei, Remus Pricopie, Jamil Salmi and Peter Scott.

The volume is available in Open Access. Download the chapter here.

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Eurodoc and Foster are organizing a Webinar about Open Access and the opportunities raised for early stage researches in a more open educational environment.

The event is taking place on 6 November, at 11.00h CET, and is free and open to everybody.

If you are curious about Open Access and want to know the best opportunities for your research and future career, join us in this webinar. You can also start posting doubts or questions on social media, using the following hashtags: #OpenByDefault and #OpenSci4Doc

For more informations and the detailed program, please click here. To learn more about FOSTER and their activities regarding Open Access, Open Data, Open Education and Open Science, please visit this link.

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Eurodoc would like to inform that the publication of the Eurodoc recommendations on the entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of research has been delayed due to sick leave. As a not-for-profit organisation run solely by volunteers, Eurodoc thanks you for your understanding.

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Brussels, July 13, 2015

 Eurodoc recommendations on the entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of research
Towards a more adequate framework

Facing fundamental demographic and economic challenges, the European Union institutions recognize the need to attract talented researchers and innovators from outside the EU. As experience has shown that the existing student directive (2004/114) and researcher directive (2005/71) for these groups do not suffice to achieve the set aims, the European Commission has made a new proposal to improve the conditions of entry and residence of third-country national researchers, students, pupils, volunteers and unpaid trainees.

As the proposal is currently under discussion in trilogue negotiations… Read more>>

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