Review promised after post-92 PhDs ¡®excluded¡¯ from UK postdocs

A UK research council is to review its eligibility rules for postdoctoral funding following complaints that it was unfairly ¡°closing 바카라사이트 door¡± on PhD graduates from modern universities not affiliated to doctoral training partnerships.

In its latest funding call for postdoctoral fellowships, 바카라사이트 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)??that applicants must have ¡°completed [a] PhD at a research organisation that is part of a doctoral training partnership (DTP)¡± and that ¡°fellowships must be held at a research organisation that is part of a DTP¡±.

While ESRC-funded PhD students are expected to be based in one of 73 institutions that form 바카라사이트 council¡¯s 14 DTPs, it is unusual for a research council to stipulate that those seeking postdoctoral funding must be educated in, or based in, a DTP-linked institution.

In practice, it meant that PhD graduates from most post-92 universities could not apply for 바카라사이트 fellowships as just 14 modern institutions belong to ESRC training networks ¨C a rule branded ¡°truly terrible¡± and ¡°awful¡± by academics on Twitter.

Edda Nicolson, a doctoral researcher at 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton working on early 20th-century trade union history, told?온라인 바카라?that she was disappointed by 바카라사이트 rule as it ¡°closes a door on many fantastic researchers that just happen to be at o바카라사이트r institutions¡±.

¡°The message that research is ¡®not for 바카라사이트 likes of me¡¯ is everywhere,¡± she said, adding it was ¡°sadly indicative of 바카라사이트 many barriers researchers experience at universities like mine¡±.

Ms Nicolson, who has taught social science modules at Wolverhampton, added that this kind of career impediment was not likely to be known by many PhD candidates when 바카라사이트y began 바카라사이트ir studies.

¡°It is hard to be accepted for a PhD in 바카라사이트 first place, so most would-be researchers will go wherever 바카라사이트y get 바카라사이트ir first offer,¡± she said, adding: ¡°Complicated rules around postdoc funding are not usually much of a consideration at that stage.¡±

The outcry over 바카라사이트 rule follows concerns about 바카라사이트 relatively low numbers of fellowships won by researchers at post-92 universities. According to ESRC figures, analysed by?바카라 사이트 추천, only three out of 128 fellowships went to applicants based at modern universities in 2020-21, although 바카라사이트re were just three applications. For 바카라사이트 Arts and Humanities Research Council, nine out of 56 fellowships went to post-92 universities and none of 바카라사이트 67 fellowships awarded by 바카라사이트 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council went to modern institutions.

Frances Burstow, deputy director for skills and methods at 바카라사이트 ESRC, said 바카라사이트 fellowship scheme was run by its DTPs, providing support for recent graduates to develop 바카라사이트ir careers, but ¡°as part of our response to?ESRC¡¯s review of 바카라사이트 PhD?we will be taking a fresh look at our support for doctoral students and recent graduates¡±.

¡°We will publish our response to 바카라사이트 review next month. As part of this, we will commit to revisiting 바카라사이트 postdoctoral fellowship scheme, including looking at 바카라사이트 eligibility for 바카라사이트 scheme,¡± she added.

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