Doctoral students in the social sciences are failing to develop the research skills required for an academic career in the field, according to a research paper.
While students prefer to use qualitative methods of research in their PhDs, job vacancies for academic posts indicate a need for quantitative research skills such as computer programming and handling statistics, according to a paper by Rose Wiles, a research fellow at the University of Southampton.
"There is a dire shortage of properly trained quantitative researchers," one employer told Dr Wiles, whose paper "Methodological Approaches at PhD and Skills Sought for Research Posts in Academia: A Mismatch" was published in the International Journal of Social Research Methodology.
Read more here in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
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