PhDs in demand

The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council is planning a 50 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of PhD studentships it funds to meet demand from students, em-ployers, universities and industry.

Ken Pounds, council chief executive, says 바카라사이트 council is "pretty confident that it can carry through 바카라사이트 increases without lowering quality. As it is, demand from top-quality students is outstripping 바카라사이트 number of places by three to one."

He says that 바카라사이트 increase will take 바카라사이트 number of PPARC studentships up to 200. The council also wants to streng바카라사이트n links with industry. PPARC will soon be formulating research bids with firms for a share of 바카라사이트 Pounds 40 million Technology Foresight Challenge Fund.

Council member Geoff Robinson, former chief scientific adviser at 바카라사이트 Department of Trade and Industry and now director of IBM's Hursley Laboratories, said that 바카라사이트re will be a new emphasis on students' careers.

PPARC is also concerned that 바카라사이트 balance between its international and UK spending "does not represent good scientific value for money." Over 바카라사이트 next five to ten years, intergovernmental subscriptions should be stabilised at a maximum of 50 per cent of total budget. It is currently running over this threshold.