Mobility rethought

摘要

It used to be almost an act of faith that a researcher should undertake a postdoctoral position abroad. In the days before cheap air travel and the Internet, this was the only way to gain international experience and exchange ideas with researchers in other countries on a daily basis. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Now, it has become commonplace - and this is not necessarily a change for the better. We propose that mobility should no longer be about postdocs spending one to three years abroad, but rather about institutions becoming more international by recruiting undergraduates from abroad, facilitating the movement of masters and PhD students from one institution to another and recruiting early-career professors for teaching and research positions.