Knowledge or science-based economy? The employment of UK PhD graduates in research roles beyond academia

S Hancock - Studies in Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In recent decades, governments have sought to increase the number of PhD graduates and
support their transition into non-academic employment. The UK is no exception to this trend …

Meta-Research: The changing career paths of PhDs and postdocs trained at EMBL

J Lu, B Velten, B Klaus, M Ramm, W Huber… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Individuals with PhDs and postdoctoral experience in the life sciences can pursue a variety
of career paths. Many PhD students and postdocs aspire to a permanent research position …

PhD graduates' professional transitions and academic habitus. The role of tacit knowledge

A Galimberti - Studies in Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
PhD graduates are dealing with a lack of opportunities regarding long-term careers: the
chances of eventually obtaining a stable position in university are hardly higher than a few …

Industry-funding for Ph. D. students: benefits and challenges

A Muscio, S Shibayama - Studies in Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates employment outcomes for a large sample of Ph. D. students who
were enrolled in a doctoral training program in Italy in the period 2008–14. The empirical …

Exploring the effects of mobility and foreign nationality on internal career progression in universities

M Seeber, N Debacker, M Meoli, K Vandevelde - Higher Education, 2023 - Springer
This article explores how organizational mobility and foreign nationality affect a researcher's
chances of an internal career promotion in university systems that do not have rules …

Expansion of doctoral training and doctorate recipients' labour market outcomes: evidence from German register data

G Buenstorf, J Koenig, A Otto - Studies in Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In many countries around the world, the number of new doctorate recipients graduating from
universities has grown sharply in the past few decades, but the implications of this …

The utility of a flipped classroom in secondary Mathematics education

PJ Esperanza, C Himang, M Bongo… - … Education in Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Flipped classrooms serve as a new pedagogical approach for teaching and learning, which
involves switching from the traditional teacher-centred academic agenda. Unlike the …

Social capital in academia: How does postdocs' relationship with their superior professors shape their career intentions?

N Epstein, C Elhalaby - … Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2023 - Springer
In this study, we hypothesize that full professors have an important impact on their postdocs'
career intentions. Using multivariate regression analysis, we found a positive association …

The power of peer networking for improving STEM faculty job applications: a successful pilot programme

CM Guardia, E Kane, AG Tebo… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
To attain a faculty position, postdoctoral fellows submit job applications that require
considerable time and effort to produce. Although mentors and colleagues review these …

Job demands, job resources and postdoctoral job satisfaction: An empirical study based on the data from 2020 Nature global postdoctoral survey

Y Zhang, X Duan - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Postdocs encounter numerous hurdles in terms of their professional survival and academic
development, as a result of institutional reform and the prevailing academic environment …