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Summary information

Study title

Relevance of the Ph.D to Scientists and Engineers in Mid-Career, 1985

Creator

Rudd, E., University of Essex, Unit for Research into Higher Education
Technical Change Centre

Study number / PID

2206 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2206-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To discover the relevance of the Ph.D to scientists and engineers in mid-career
Main Topics:

Variables
Year of degree, gender, age, degree class, subject of degree, details of postgraduate study, jobs held, current salary, gains from study, relevance of study to job, job satisfaction.

Topics

Elites and leadershipLabour and employmentScience and technologyHigher and further education

Keywords

AGE (ELSST)ATTITUDES (ELSST)BONUS PAYMENTS (ELSST)CAREER DEVELOPMENT (ELSST)HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (ELSST)CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (ELSST)DECISION MAKING (ELSST)DEGREESEMPLOYEES (ELSST)EMPLOYERS (ELSST)EMPLOYMENT (ELSST)EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (ELSST)
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1985

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Subnational
Elites
Engineers
Graduates
Scientists

Universe

Scientists and engineers who graduated from eight British universities in the years 1961 to 1976 with first or upper second class honours degrees.

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1987

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Rudd, E. (1986) 'The value of a Ph.D in science or technology in Britain', European Journal of Education