Dear Postgrad List,
As a point of reference, this will be only of interest to UK research
students in science and technology.
Science Nextwave, http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/, is an electronic forum
who we have contributed articles to in the past would like some
contributions from us. For one of the articles I need to write about some
real case studies on key issues affecting research students in the UK.
I would appreciate ideas from students that I can use in the article as
anonymous quotes in the article. Areas that we could identify with as key
to UK research students may include:
- Isolation/lonliness factors
- Supervisory arrangements, inductions, training etc. being ad-hoc in many
cases
- Writing up mode problems and completion rates
- Career paths and employment prospects
These are examples of hitting issues I might want to write about. However,
further ideas are welcome. If anyone can send me comments on any of the
above or comments on any particular issue I'd be glad to hear from you. Thanks,
Tim.
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Tim Brown
General Secretary
National Postgraduate Committee
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