Editorial: The scandal of researchers paid less than a living wage
’s periodic survey of PhD candidates and postgraduate students is our regular check-in with the next generation of scholarly talent. This year’s survey should set loud alarm bells ringing for anyone involved with recruiting and training the next generation of researchers. It demands swift, decisive action from governments and funding agencies to secure the future of science and the broader economic and social benefits that flow from it.
. Three-quarters of them are PhD candidates. Forty-five per cent of all respondents tell us that inflation will “negatively impact” their decision to complete their projects or courses. “It’s hard to feel like I’m valued as a researcher when I’m worrying about paying for car repairs or getting groceries from the food bank,” one master’s student told us in the survey’s free-text section. This is by no means an isolated comment in our survey.
In September, Ireland’s PhD students organized a protest in Dublin, as part of a campaign with the country’s university association for a substantial increase in PhD stipends.In July, UK graduate students similarly organized protests and launched a campaign demanding more funding support from the country’s largest public funder, UK Research and Innovation .: “We recognize the rising cost of living is affecting postgraduate researchers.
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