Title: Cross-sectoral PhD tracing study
KSA number: 1&2
ToR ID: 1009785
Closing Date: 27 September 2019
Contact person
Scientific queries: John Dini johnd@wrc.org.za
Administrative queries: Penny Jaca pennyj@wrc.org.za
The training of doctoral students is a long and costly endeavor. The question of the return on investment on such long education and training endeavours is a policy concern from the public funders of education. Doctoral graduates are considered the best qualified for creating, implementing and disseminating new knowledge and innovation, and therefore information about the socioeconomic impact of their training is essential in knowledge-based and complex economies. This study aims to generate some of this information by tracing the mobility, career paths and other attributes of a representative sample of PhD graduates from South African universities across a range of sectors and disciplines.
