PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.

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  • brendansimms@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’m getting a PhD because I like to learn and I want to learn all I can about the physical phenomena around me - I would hope we could start thinking of higher education as more than just job training.

    • unused_user_name@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Exactly, Inwent for my PhD because of interest in science and my subject. Never really wanted a job in academia and I am happily employed in the private sector now. We should return to praising science and knowledge for its own sake (and the betterment of mankind) rather than seeing it only as a means to a better paycheck and/or corporate profit.