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Where do all the postdocs go?

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A survey of contract research staff by the Institute of Physics presents employment statistics of physics postdocs and has uncovered disturbing news about the need for wider skills training of postdocs in universities.

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Figure 2: Occupations of physics postdocs

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Where do all the postdocs go?. Nature 402 (Suppl 6758), 9–10 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/47109

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