31 August, 2012

FW: Careers: PhDs fit for industry and commerce, too

目前的大环境下,确实有很多博士的目的不是在完成学业后继续学术研究。相应的许多高校也改变了他们的培养策略。比如UNSW,审查毕业论文的专家人数由原来的3名降为2名,培养时间越来越倾向于33.5年,这所有的目的就是多快好省的产出博士(因为每名毕业博士从政府获得的利润是一定的,越快成本越低)。
其实这在很多国家已经是现实,今天听挪威一教授报告,他们超过50%的博士都进入工业界。我想,这也应该是值得借鉴的。她提到,这样能使工业界更好的理解研究是怎么回事,加大资金支持!

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Posted on: Wednesday, 29 August 2012 10:00 AM
Author: Michael Mulvany
Subject: Careers: PhDs fit for industry and commerce, too

Careers: PhDs fit for industry and commerce, too
Nature 488, 7413 (2012). doi:10.1038/488591c
Authors: Michael Mulvany & Zdravko Lackovic
You continue to lament the shortcomings of PhD training (see, for example, Nature472, 259–260; 201110.1038/472259b and Nature486, 304; 201210.1038/486304a) but overlook the encouraging results of reforms to PhD programmes in many European countries.

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