Recommendations: 1. Reduce the average PhD completion time to four years.
2. Reduce the number of PhD students not completing their PhD studies by
providing a more secure funding scheme for research projects involving PhD
students.
3. Improve the quality of PhD training and supervision, for example through an
increased use of local and national graduate school programmes.
4. Implement a nationwide standard for PhD students’ teaching duties that does not
depend on the PhD students’ source of funding.
5. Evaluate the relevance of PhD training programmes to the needs of society.
