Doctoral graduates ‘need five years of post-PhD career support’

Early career social scientists should be entitled to extensive support from their university long after attaining their doctorate, study says

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July 23, 2018
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July 25, 2018
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#1 Submitted by mbarciapaz on July 23, 2018 - 8:02am
Maybe, but perhaps what they really need is an industry that provides them with opportunities to get jobs that don't last for 10 months or one year. You know, as it used to be before 2008/9.

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