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I don't care what the new person has so long as they don't have the flu and give it to me, as their predecessor appears to have done. Bah! Timandra Harkness (+44) (0) 207 633 9442 (+44) (0) 7958 988689 www.timandraharkness.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBERTS, Alun" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Job Opportunity at the Science Media Centre > I have sympathies with both positions but if I were making the case for > needing a PhD I would say that there was value in having an insight into the > research process and the research environment. The issue of specific > knowledge or skills is probably not relevant. > > It is possible that in this case it is being used as a way of raising the > bar to limit the number of applications. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kat Arney [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 02 December 2003 15:08 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Job Opportunity at the Science Media Centre > > > > 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 > > ********************************************************************** > > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an > email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: > > set psci-com nomail > > 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: > > set psci-com mail > > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > message: > > leave psci-com > > 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list > archive, can be found at the list web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > > 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and > science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk > ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > > 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, > send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: > > set psci-com nomail > > 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: > > set psci-com mail > > 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: > > leave psci-com > > 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, > can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html > > 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science > and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk > ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************