{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/777500.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":777500,"attributes":{"action":"Reform higher education to protect PhD candidates from harm","background":"PhD students are being employed at a voluntarily basis and not paid for the work they do. Often overlooked for publications and the credit are allocated to internal university scholars or to people who haven’t work at all.The complaints procedure is not transparent and protects the university","additional_details":"Increase phd salaries to be sufficient to cover living expenses\r\n Protect intellectual property of PhD students \r\nTransparency about complaints procedure in higher education  \r\nAnnual Review of tenured professors \r\nRobust university complaints procedure to protect the students from harm \r\n Research integrity standards for academics and journals with intellectual property protection\r\nRecognize PhD students who are accelerating research and give incentives to continue whilst protecting them from harm","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-07-18T09:32:35.730Z","updated_at":"2026-08-17T13:54:43.354Z","rejected_at":"2026-08-17T13:54:43.356Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-07-20T14:00:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This is a matter for Universities and Higher Education Institutions. "},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}