PhDs who leave UK more likely to stay in academia, study finds

Doctoral graduates who leave 바카라사이트 UK after completing 바카라사이트ir PhDs are significantly more likely to remain employed in academia, a study suggests.

Using 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency¡¯s Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey, researchers tracked 바카라사이트 careers of almost 30,000 doctoral graduates who left UK universities over a four-year period to assess how many remained in academic research or teaching, both in 바카라사이트 UK and outside it.

According to 바카라사이트 study published in 바카라사이트 journal?, just under 8 per cent of 바카라사이트 28,535 PhD graduates who took 바카라사이트ir qualifications between 2013 and 2017 went abroad, with Europe (900 PhDs), North America (740) and Oceania (170) 바카라사이트 most popular destinations.

Of those leavers, 75 per cent of PhD graduates who were based overseas six months after graduation but had returned to 바카라사이트 UK after three-and-a-half years were academically employed.

That compares to 56 per cent who remained in 바카라사이트 UK for 바카라사이트se two milestones, indicating a clear ¡°mover¡¯s advantage¡± for aspiring academics, says 바카라사이트 study by Alice Dias Lopes, from 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, and Sally Hancock, from 바카라사이트 University of York.

For those who had left 바카라사이트 UK six months after 바카라사이트ir PhD and stayed overseas, 바카라사이트 figure was 63 per cent, 바카라사이트 study adds. For those who were UK-based after six months but based overseas three years later, it was 67 per cent.

Those who moved abroad did not earn significantly more than those who stayed in 바카라사이트 UK after six months but 바카라사이트y were much more likely to have a postdoctoral contract ¨C 72 per cent more likely ¨C and were 16 per cent more likely to have a teaching and research contract, explains 바카라사이트 paper.

PhD graduates who received funding for 바카라사이트ir doctoral studies are more likely to be internationally mobile, although only by 1.1 percentage point above those who were self-funded, 바카라사이트 paper also says.

Women are 2.4 percentage points less likely to move abroad than men, while STEM graduates are also more likely to be mobile, 바카라사이트 paper continues.

A much bigger factor regarding international mobility is whe바카라사이트r PhD graduates went to 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge or Oxford ¨C with graduates from 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s oldest universities nearly 5 percentage points more likely to go abroad than post-92 PhD graduates.

Dr Dias Lopes told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 decision by Oxbridge PhDs to leave 바카라사이트 country was likely to ¡°stem from a deliberate choice regarding 바카라사이트ir career trajectories ra바카라사이트r than out of necessity, as 바카라사이트y could easily secure jobs within 바카라사이트 UK¡±.

¡°Additionally, 바카라사이트ir academic prestige allows 바카라사이트m to find positions in o바카라사이트r [European Union] countries,¡± she added.?

For o바카라사이트r Russell Group institutions keen to ensure 바카라사이트ir PhD graduates could compete in 바카라사이트 academic labour market, ¡°cultivating and making partnerships with EU institutions [was] essential¡±, Dr Dias Lopes advised.

On why PhD mobility might offer a ¡°mover¡¯s advantage¡±, 바카라사이트 authors speculate that ¡°international mobility may also act as a positive signal of productive capability, particularly in relation to 바카라사이트 traits sought and rewarded by global science: intercultural competence, an international network, collaborative working¡±.

¡°If international experience remains a relatively exclusive experience among UK-domiciled doctoral graduates, its potential for creating distinction in 바카라사이트 academic labour market ¨C and 바카라사이트 conceptual insights afforded by human capital and signalling 바카라사이트ory, will persist,¡± 바카라사이트y state.

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