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5 novembre 2012

Concentrating research funding on top universities threatens smaller institutions

The Guardian homeBy . The move to focus PhD funding on 'world-leading' institutions is being met with fierce resistance from other universities. Ask a senior academic about their PhD and they may recall their desperate scramble to break the silence by speaking to the postman in the mornings, or the supervisor who thought training meant breathing the same air as them every so often. Janice Robottom, who started her bioscience PhD at Leeds University last month, is already having a vastly different experience. At 33, she is embarking on a PhD researching biosensors having had children and a career in high-street banking. As well as two supervisors in different departments and a third tutor for independent advice, Robottom is relieved to know she is surrounded by lots of research students in related fields...
The elite Russell Group fanned the flames last week with a report urging the government to focus funding on the "jewels in the crown" or risk falling behind globally. It quotes a "strong body of evidence" that doctoral training is best carried out in world-leading universities. Million+ slammed the report as "entirely outdated". More...

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