• Question: what actually is a doc research associet?

    Asked by xenia to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Douglas, Charlene, Alistair on 8 Mar 2019.
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      Mark Bentley answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      Do you mean Post Doc?

      This is the next step after completing a PhD

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      Faranak Bahrami answered on 10 Mar 2019:

      If you mean post doc, that is when you finish your PhD, and you would like to maybe further your research in a certain area, get further training. This is not 100% true for everyone, but those who do post doc usually tend to stay in Academia (University) to maybe start becoming a lecturer and do more research, however there are people who would go back to industry.

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      Shruti Turner answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      A post doc research associate is someone who has completed a PhD and is now doing further research into a particular area. This may be the same area as their PhD or something a bit different. They use their skills to create solutions and solve problems. You can be a post doc research associate in universities or in companies. The roles in term of research are similar, they’re just different environments with different priorities sometimes. In a university setting you might have some teaching responsibilities for instance, which generally you don’t have in companies.

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      Alistair McConnell answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      A postdoctoral research associate is a level up from a PhD. If you go into academia after your PhD you normally go in at this level.

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