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Cantwell, Brendan – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
International postdoctoral researchers are growing in number and importance in academic research around the world. This is contextualised by a shift to international and enterprise modes of academic production. Through a multiple case study, this paper analyses the role of international postdoctoral employment in life sciences and engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postdoctoral Education, Graduate Students, Employment
Grant, Linda; Ward, Kathryn – AWIS Magazine, 2000
Considers the importance of mentoring in physical, chemical, and social sciences research. Discusses the mentoring program of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) which focuses on helping women and minority scientists. Describes mentoring as "typically an asymmetrical power relation but it is not entirely unidimensional in flow of sources."…
Descriptors: Career Development, Doctoral Programs, Females, Higher Education