The Illusion of Progress | Andrew Stapleton | TEDxFlindersUniversity
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2015
- What is the future of Early Career Researchers?
What can we do to improve this?
Andrew tells story from his experience and his frustration with the system.
Dr Andrew Stapleton is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology in Flinders University. His research is focused on the development of nanocomposite transparent electrode materials for use inoptoelectronic devices, such as organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, as the transparent conductor.
His research is performed in collaboration with University of Queensland, University of Technology Sydney and CSIRO and has been featured on the ABC program The New Inventors.
Upon completion of his PhD Andrew spent 13 months as an R&D explosives chemist for Dyno Nobel. He has an interest in the application of nanotechnology to technological challenges and future technology.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
He also has a great CZcams channel where he advices about phd
Andy stapleton
Wait a minute, that's the bearded guy giving like the GREATEST advices about everything important about PhD??? WOW, been watching him for quite some time, haven't notice him without the beard
A beard is just another CZcams gimmick.
@@eswnl1 LMAO
CZcams algorithm brought u here
This is the first time I ever leave a comment on CZcams.
Brilliant! I wish others would speak about these issues. There is certainly more to say but you have dared to disturb the sleeping ogre!
I was one of those ECRs with multiple postdocs who also ended up leaving the country in which I was trained, in my case Canada--I was simply unable to find a secure academic position there. The casualization of research and teaching labour in the university system is one of the scandals of my lifetime.
Oh gosh... I wish I would have listened to this sooner. Thank you for your openness and also your CZcams channel that I just found!
this should have more views
I am happy that i watched this video before sending my papers for PhD, I havent changed my mind though, but i have improved my view on it all. I am only doing this to enhance my skills while employed to this organization.
I can't believe how much a beard changes people's faces lol
I agree, Andy, Ph.D. and post-doc research should be more esteemed within the society of the United States and should be compensated accordingly! I enjoy your channel very much...Tom
This guy has a youtube channel! go check it!
I am only here to watch Andy without his beard!
yeah 😆😆 how does he not get how much better it looks shaved (with designer stubble)??
Great It was
Yoda you are
Excellent talk...
Should I do a PhD to start a startup in the USA?
This is an important supply-side point. But Andrew and others need also to look at the demand side and the now massive market oversupply of PhDs. The probability of securing a long term position is not just a function of the reduction in those numbers but the huge growth in candidates for the shrinking number of Academic jobs. Candidates need to very seriously examine if $30k pa tax free for three years is worth the investment of their time and energy in a v narrow and specialised band of knowledge. I’ve worked with many PhDs in my long career and most add little intellectual value over a good Hons degree and/or a Masters by Research.
At this very moment I am contemplating the possibility of starting a PhD; however, before that, I have thought deeply about why I want this, and the answer to this question is that based on what I could find online, people without PhD and just Masters rarely seem to get a good positions in R&Ds departments at companies. For people wanting to do research in life, that being academic or industrial, you MUST have a PhD
@@alboz1327 my point is most PhDs don’t end up in research, and the more that do them the higher the average probability they won’t.
I am doing a PhD because I always wanted to do it and also because as a full time employee I can take 12 credits a year while working. Otherwise I would not do it.
💯💯💯
Only 14k views in 7 years. This world is doomed.
So ask more people what job expectations a PhD will get, specially those with successful experience in the job market.
he looks like andy
He is andy
"The liberation of the working class is the work of the worker alone."
This is not Staind
Looking it today: in 8 years nothing changed....
I come from 2023 .... that is still the reality.
He looks different
8 years ago.