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6 The Itinerant Chemist—Where Will the Jobs Be in 2020?
6 The Itinerant Chemist—Where Will the Jobs Be in 2020?
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. up wages; -- The European Commission, Research Directorate General, Sixth Framework Program · the importance of giving students a realistic sense of job opportunities and career paths (it is generally agreed that academe does not do a good job in this)
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that to understand long-term trends in workforce require- It is clear that companies have a hard time justifying ments, one had to consider historical context. fundamental research to their shareholders -- in part because During World War II, the United States and its allies it is difficult to demonstrate convincingly that the "curiosityprevailed, and the rest of the world's economic base was driven" discoveries that scientists make are going to lead to essentially destroyed.
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It may be worth examining this situation in a bit more good chance that the United States will remain strong in the detail on the basis of data generously provided by Kevin biosciences arena for the foreseeable future. However, if this Swift, of the American Chemistry Council.
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Our doctoral programs have inexcusably failed Professional Relations surveys of chemistry department to provide those aspiring to university teaching and research chairs, recent graduates who had taken jobs in industry, and careers with the tools that they need for these roles. Indeed, directors of research in industry.
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The key idea was to create a be fewer job opportunities of the traditional variety in indu- worldwide network of major research institutions to promote stry in the United States in the coming decades, graduates research collaboration, e-learning, and graduate student and may have to be prepared to look elsewhere. In a discipline in researcher exchanges.
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United Kingdom and the European Union to find appropri- A serious public conversation concerning our ambivaate programs whereby joint research efforts could yield im- lence about cooperation is long overdue. This issue needs to portant benefits, but a separate pot of money has to be ear- be deliberated at the highest levels of government because marked for international collaboration or it may not work.
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rules that do not allow students from other countries to be Kwiram responded that he is not prepared to provide paid. piecemeal solutions off the cuff but thinks that the intensive pressure that all researchers face at institutions today, the Education of International Students way graduate students are funded, and the reluctance to fund technician support mean that research groups have to be ex- Hopkins asked whether we should be educating more or tremely productive to remain competitive for grants.
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prising that foreign students are increasingly returning to their home countries. Drivers for Chemical Industry Relocation Hiring Students with International Experience Selman believes that the chemical industry is being driven offshore, particularly for the commodity end of busi Karin Bartels, of Degussa, asked why more U.S.
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