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On 18 Dec 13, at 21:52, Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Something wrong here? > > “We are looking for a person with experience in event co-ordination, managing websites and using social media for professional networks.” > > Where’s the demand for the seemingly obligatory PhD? As it happens, yesterday I revisited that Graphene Centre job advert, and noticed the requirement for a “first class degree” in addition to a PhD. I therefore take back what I wrote before about the value of PhDs in nanotechnology PR. The candidate profile is clearly no more than a means of arbitrarily whittling down a potentially large volume of applications into something more easily manageable. Despite my considerable experience in nanomaterials journalism, with my 2.1 physics degree I’m ineligible to apply for the Cambridge job. Francis — Dr Francis Sedgemore journalist, writer and physicist telephone: +44 7840 191336 website: sedgemore.com ********************************************************************** Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************