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Postdocs undervalued as PhD mentors

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Postdocs undervalued as PhD mentors

They need the money and graduate students identify with them, but universities don’t formalise the link, analysts warn

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Related articles

World Academic Summit: universities ‘need mentors, not just top researchers’

Postdocs ‘fear reprisals for calling out workplace abuse’

Half of US scientists drop out of academia within five years

Too many postdocs, not enough research jobs

Related universities

Université de Montréal

University of British Columbia

Université de Sherbrooke

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