• davetortoise@reddthat.com
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    16 days ago

    I’m in the UK, and know several people currently applying to PhD and fellowship positions. It’s near-impossible for UK applicants to get them these days (unless they’re reserved for UK citizens) because there’s been this huge influx of Ivy-league students from the US fleeing Trumpism, with glowing letters of recommendation. If this goes on, the US is going to really feel the effects of brain drain.

    • m3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldM
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      16 days ago

      grandson went to school somewhere in Wales. finance i think. he’s talking about no jobs and coming back here. if i was his age i’d get into air/land drones, like ukraine. good with electronics. future is there if we can manage.

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        16 days ago

        Quite depressingly, the weapons/drones sector is one of the few fields that is still hiring large numbers of graduates. Not exactly what most people signed up for, but a lot of them feel that they don’t have a choice