I am intrigued as to why applicants for this post should have a PhD. Apart
from an ability to understand "complex scientific information", all the
other skills that they post appears to require are unlikely to have been
developed particularly by taking a PhD rather than other employment. Infact,
as PhDs are normally highly specialised, a doctorate doesn't even guarantee
that the applicant will have a general knowledge of science accross the
board.
It seems unfair to cut out a large number of able applicants just because
they have chosen other routes into science, routes, that may have led to the
applicant developing much more relevant skills.
Tamasin
Tamasin Greenough Graham
Yorkshire Branch Representative
Insitute of Physics
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>The right candidate will be that rare breed of scientist who considers him
>or herself as a 'science generalist' who can devour and summarise large
>amounts of complex scientific information. He/she will be a science
>graduate with a PhD who relishes the prospect of working in a fast moving
>press office environment.
>
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