“… It is unclear of course how doubling the number of PhDs will make Irish business more innovative. The number of doctorates is one measure of inputs to innovation; it says nothing about the potential economic output, in terms of new products, services and processes. Even without this very important caveat, the increase in the number of PhDs proposed under the Government’s strategies for science and technology creates a real problem for those scientists …” (more)
[Declan Jordan, Irish Times, 6 July]