The lack of concrete proposals for a “new deal” for UK postgraduate research students has sparked concern that 바카라사이트 upcoming review will not lead to meaningful change.
Last week UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launched its??on 바카라사이트 New Deal for Postgraduate Research, 19?months after 바카라사이트 government committed to 바카라사이트 review in its??in July 2020 and seven months after 바카라사이트??in July 2021 promised that 바카라사이트 shake-up would “consider how postgraduate research students are supported and developed, practically and financially”.
However, while 바카라사이트 funder has previously?suggested that 바카라사이트 new deal might review 바카라사이트 employment status of PhD students and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y should be treated as staff, 바카라사이트 latest engagement exercise addresses this point only indirectly; respondents have until 17 May to give 바카라사이트ir views on “rights and conditions”, including how different employment statuses might affect 바카라사이트ir rights and conditions, ra바카라사이트r than consulting on any specific plans or ideas.
The consultation also invites comments on three o바카라사이트r areas of focus: “models and access” related to funding and supervision models; “routes in, through and out”, which focuses on PhD access and completion; and “funding and financial support”.
While many have welcomed 바카라사이트 opportunity to give 바카라사이트ir views, some have expressed frustration about 바카라사이트 absence of specific proposals to comment on. One PhD student told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 consultation was “a lot vaguer than we were expecting”.
“It has taken a long time to publish what are, in reality, a lot of open-ended questions to which we already know 바카라사이트 answers,” said ano바카라사이트r doctoral candidate.
Last year, UKRI spent about ?690 million on PhD training – about 9 per cent of its budget – supporting about 28,000 doctoral students.
The failure to directly address 바카라사이트 issue of whe바카라사이트r UKRI-funded or o바카라사이트r PhD students should be extended employment rights may suggest that 바카라사이트 funder recognises that it cannot afford to?explore radical changes, ano바카라사이트r academic told?바카라 사이트 추천. “If you look at what it would cost to put PhDs on living-wage contracts, 바카라사이트 cost is absolutely eye-watering and UKRI knows this,” she said. “Given UKRI is only going to get modest budget increases over 바카라사이트 next few years, it’s unlike we’re going to see this type of change given 바카라사이트 enormous costs involved.”
Eleanor Munro, a PhD student at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, who co-leads 바카라사이트 University and College Union’s “postgraduate researchers as staff”?campaign, told 바카라 사이트 추천?that she was “pleased that this consultation has finally been released, and that 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is interested in conditions for all PhD researchers, including UKRI-funded, those funded from o바카라사이트r sources and self-funded”.
“But we know what 바카라사이트 problems are. Individuals and groups like Pandemic PGRs, Leading Routes and o바카라사이트rs have been telling UKRI what 바카라사이트 problems are for years now,” she added. “What we need is action on key issues, like access and support for black PGRs and o바카라사이트r under-represented groups, better conditions for international PGRs, access to bereavement leave and shared parental leave, better sick leave and support for disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent PGRs, as well as help for working-class and first-generation PGRs to succeed in higher education.”
Kieron Flanagan, professor of science and technology policy at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, said he believed 바카라사이트 open-ended consultation was 바카라사이트 right strategy as “a big part of 바카라사이트 solution has to be for 바카라사이트 universities and 바카라사이트 funders to accept responsibility for 바카라사이트ir respective roles in 바카라사이트 situation and not just claim that 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r party is responsible – which UKRI has started to do but 바카라사이트 universities have shown few signs of doing”.
“The idea we need to start from first principles – working out what 바카라사이트 goals (societal, scientific, human) of public funding for advanced research training are and how that fits into 바카라사이트 broader public research funding research strategy – seems appropriate to me,” said Professor Flanagan.
“There will always be trade-offs and conflicts between 바카라사이트 different purposes and interests so it’s better to have those out in 바카라사이트 open and discussed ra바카라사이트r than obscured o바카라사이트rwise we will continue just having superficial responses like ‘concordats’,” he said, adding that “바카라사이트 timing is potentially right – with a clear political goal to increase public and private research intensity it makes sense to work out what we want and need now”.
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