Stop ‘selfish’ PIs holding back junior scholars, says QMUL head

Is there an error in this article? It is “selfish” to renew a postdoctoral’s contract? And thus selfless to not renew it? Either that, or someone needs a very basic education in employment law!

I would have thought the PIs going the extra length to get their researcher contracts renewed and not thrown out of work would be the good ones, not the selfish ones... That's the most that many PIs can do ( all that's in their power, and often requires a lot of scrabbling around to find money in different budgets and a lot of bureaucracy) Am afraid this reads a wee bit like weasle-worded HR speak... pretending that giving someone a P45 is in their best interests really as it 'encourages them to explore new horizons.' . Presumably ( hopefully) that's not quite what the VC meant...

Colin Bailey once again proving how out of touch he is with the rest of the people on the ground. Maybe he could come round and actually speak to a few post-docs about the crappy career structure, the lack of job security and the erosion of permanent positions. Perhaps he could think a little a bit about the value of retaining some experienced bench staff to the benefit of all. Except they destroyed all the SO and SSO positions.