M Sinche, RL Layton, PD Brandt, AB O'Connell… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org

An evidence-based evaluation of transferrable skills and job satisfaction for science PhDs.

Broadening participation in STEM

Layton, O'Connell

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PhD recipients acquire discipline-specific knowledge and a range of relevant skills during their training in the life sciences, physical sciences, computational sciences, social sciences, and engineering. Empirically testing the applicability of these skills to various careers held by graduates will help assess the value of current training models. This report details results of an Internet survey of science PhDs (n= 8099) who provided ratings for fifteen transferrable skills. Indeed, analyses indicated that doctoral training develops these transferrable skills …

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