> 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.
Particularly as the criteria for getting a PhD (having got one myself) seems
to be knowing more and more about less and less... :)
Kat
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