Increasingly hearing about PhD students graduating with 10+ publications. Very happy for them but publication inflation is spiraling out of control. No way a 'trainee' should be publishing at this volume and speed. Recipe for disaster - we need to slow down in science!
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I am frustrated how pervasively people talk about how freshly graduated PhD still were no scientists. They should be scientists coming out of college and they should be experienced researchers graduatong from a PhD program.
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My story is very different to the ideal. But I made it and fixed my gaps and mistakes along the way. I worry about those who don't get the chance to!
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I am a proponent of not allowing people graduate who can't be considered capable. It devalues the PhD. I tip my hat to your hard work. I just don't think the system should let such gaps happen!
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Agreed too. For this to become the reality (at least in UK) would require substantial reshaping of graduate programmes. Once PhD students pass their 1st year, it is expected that the supervisor will do more-or-less whatever it takes for them to (a) submit something, & (b) pass.
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Inevitably this means that some students pass with significant gaps in their training.
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