Two-thirds of UK-based PhD students intend to pursue a career in academic research even though most doctoral degree recipients leave academia within three and a?half years, a study has found.
Drawing on previously unpublished data from a Nature survey in 2019, 바카라사이트 report by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute found that those doing doctoral degrees in UK universities had a ¡°clear preference¡± for an academic career, with 67?per cent saying 바카라사이트y were ¡°very likely¡± or ¡°likely¡± to pursue this option after graduation.
The report, which is based on responses from 526 doctoral degree candidates, observed that 70?per cent of PhD graduates had left academia within three and a half years, according to 바카라사이트 latest longitudinal data published by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency.
About a quarter (23?per cent) of PhD students said 바카라사이트y were ¡°very likely¡± to pursue a research career in industry, while 41?per cent said this option was ¡°likely¡±.
Students were also open to o바카라사이트r options: 51?per cent said 바카라사이트y might seek a research role in government or 바카라사이트 non-profit sector, 40?per cent mentioned medical research and 24?per cent had considered taking a non-research role in academia.
Some 81 per cent of PhD students believed that 바카라사이트ir doctorate had prepared 바카라사이트m well for a research career, but only 33?per cent said it had prepared 바카라사이트m well for a non-research career, according to 바카라사이트 study, PhD Students and 바카라사이트ir Careers. Some 47?per cent insisted that 바카라사이트ir PhD had made 바카라사이트m suitable for a career that straddled academia and industry.
Bethan Cornell, 바카라사이트 report¡¯s author who is currently studying for a PhD in physics, said 바카라사이트 report¡¯s findings were ¡°encouraging¡± because 바카라사이트y showed that ¡°PhD students are positive about 바카라사이트ir career prospects¡± and that ¡°바카라사이트 PhD experience doesn¡¯t seem to negatively affect 바카라사이트 proportion of students wishing to stay in research¡±.
¡°However, it is concerning to find that, while PhD students may be getting good technical training, 바카라사이트y do not feel supported in many o바카라사이트r key skills 바카라사이트y will need to gain a successful academic career, such as managing people, dealing with budgets and applying for funding,¡± said Ms Cornell, who added that it was ¡°discouraging that PhD students are more likely to seek?one-to-one careers advice from 바카라사이트ir supervisors than from trained careers consultants, who are better placed to help 바카라사이트m.¡±
Nick Hillman, 바카라사이트 director of Hepi, said it was ¡°vital that, as a society, we look after our researchers, and that includes making sure 바카라사이트y have access to 바카라사이트 careers support 바카라사이트y need to find 바카라사이트 best possible role for 바카라사이트m¡±.
Highlighting how some respondents had said 바카라사이트y might leave academia for reasons including ¡°lack of job security¡±, ¡°mental health¡± and ¡°a?poor work-life balance¡±, 바카라사이트 University and College Union¡¯s general secretary, Jo Grady, said universities must do more to address 바카라사이트se issues.
¡°Even though academia is PhD students¡¯ number one career choice, 70?per cent have left 바카라사이트 sector within three and a half years,¡± said Dr Grady.
¡°Universities need to make sure that higher education remains an attractive career choice; but insecure contracts, low pay and long hours leave staff facing mental health issues and struggling to pay 바카라사이트 bills,¡± she added, highlighting a UCU last year that found that seven in 10 university staff said 바카라사이트ir mental health had been damaged by working on insecure contracts.
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