Recent developments in both internal and external competitions highlight growing pressure on the system and raise important questions about its capacity, reliability and fairness.
While some progress has been made, particularly with the launch of the AD7 internal competition, many of the structural challenges previously identified remain unresolved. At the same time, it is important to underline that AST/SC colleagues still do not have access to AD competitions, meaning that the move towards inclusiveness remains partial and that significant gaps persist.
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The publication of the internal AD7 competition is more than just another call for applications. For many colleagues, it represents something much bigger: a
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*Update 09.03.2026 – you can find here the
*Update 03.03.2026: all places of this study group in Spanish have been filled. Given that as a follow-up study group it has a limited number of participants, registration is closed and the registration link and corresponding discount codes are no longer available*