Documents/RCN/3: Recruitment

3: Recruitment

Researcher recruitment

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The development of a dynamic research community is dependent on a good basis for recruitment. Activities to motivate talented young people to choose a career in research are extremely important, as is a concerted effort to increase the proportion of women in research. In addition, it is necessary to encourage highly-qualified researchers from other countries to come and work in Norway. Inadequate recruitment to higher education and researcher training may severely jeopardise the future of the research community. The present level of recruitment of Norwegian researchers is too low in relation to the research policy objectives that have been established.

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