Outside academia, people aren’t well informed about PhD research – and that’s a problem

By Rachel Handforth, Senior Lecturer in Doctoral Education and Civic Engagement, Nottingham Trent University

Around 1% of the global population has a PhD. It’s the highest academic qualification, the result of years spent on original research. But – and this is a question that many PhD students will have faced, at some time or another – what’s the point?

The number of PhDs being undertaken globally is rising. Around a fifth of all PhDs studied for by UK students are funded through UK Research and Innovation,…

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