Low PhD stipends in Australia are driving away the best and brightest students, experts warn. The current stipend is barely above the poverty line, forcing many students to take on part-time work and delaying their research. Universities Australia and the Australian Council of Graduate Research are calling on the government to raise the stipend to a sustainable level and increase the number of fully funded scholarships.
PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia ’s best and brightest away
Experts are warning that a punishingly low stipend languishing near the poverty line is turning the best and brightest away, risking the nation’s future economic prosperity. “They need confidence they’ll have a roof over their heads and food on the table. That’s not radical. Offering more competitive stipends is also a trade-off: by increasing stipends, universities reduce the number of PhD candidates they can afford to support.
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