STARTING a business is an increasingly viable option, says Elizabeth Adams, University of Glasgow
Time was, PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers would have never considered a career which didn’t involve staying within their university to further its research, or if they did move out of academia, their career path would normally be aligned to working with a larger company or organisation such as a pharmaceutical firm or the NHS. Few gave thought to using their research capability to forming a business and adopting an entrepreneurial mindset.