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Pressure, precarity and paucity; the existance of the postdoc

Oct 18, 2022·
Jonny Coates
Jonny Coates
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What does it entail to value a postdoc?
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Medium
Last updated on Aug 24, 2024
Postdoc Academia Pressure
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