More career support wanted in arts and humanities

Arts and humanities PhD students would like to have more career management and networking support, a survey by the Arts and Humanities Research Council has found.

The survey of 233 former PhD students funded by the AHRC revealed the issue to be more important than when a similar study was carried out in 2006. The reports looked at the perceived value of PhD training, which skills should have had greater emphasis and how that contributed to people’s careers.

The AHRC said: “This suggests that with the increasing competition for jobs, particularly academic jobs, PhD students desire more help on how to best position themselves for employment.”