Tracking graduates ‘powerful PhD career tool’

PhD students need better advice about non-academic career options

Tracking doctoral alumni in other sectors would inform departments about what their specific training allows graduates to do, says Patrick Walsh

By Patrick Walsh

14 June

Ice Sculpture with his hands inside the mouth of a lion sculpture in Japan to illustrate Japan tries tax breaks to get companies to hire more PhD student

Japan tries tax breaks to get companies to hire more PhD students

Lacklustre employment for doctorate holders betrays ‘disconnect’ between academia and private sector employers, scholars say

By Pola Lem

20 January

Most humanities PhD students in US without a job at graduation

Median age at degree completion shrinks, although share of field’s graduates with job commitment does too, American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds

By Paul Basken

26 September

Fewer Australian doctoral graduates finding employment after PhD

But employment rates for bachelor’s graduates ‘stabilise’ despite pandemic

By John Ross

5 October

Tracking destinations ‘most powerful tool’ for doctoral careers

Academia can only host a fraction of doctoral graduates, but few universities collect destinations data showing where their other PhDs end up, making it hard to prepare new recruits for appealing alternatives

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Tracking destinations ‘most powerful tool’ for doctoral careers

Academia can only host a fraction of doctoral graduates, but few universities collect destinations data showing where their other PhDs end up, making it hard to prepare new recruits for appealing alternatives

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Related articles

PhD students need better advice about non-academic career options

Japan tries tax breaks to get companies to hire more PhD students

Most humanities PhD students in US without a job at graduation

Fewer Australian doctoral graduates finding employment after PhD

Related universities

University of Lausanne

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