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Science in New Zealand Supplement to Salient, Vol. 28, No. 7. 1965.

Research:

Research:

For pure, and most applied research of any consequence, employers want people with good degrees. Even lower second class honours graduates have difficulty finding employment in this area, and those with lesser qualifications are only likely to be employed as research assistants involving technician's work rather than that of the research scientist. Also, it is hard to draw the line between pure and applied research. If a person hopes to enter "pure research," he or she should remember that even the most brilliant graduates will be supervised and directed in their work initially. Today's research equipment is too expensive for it to be used uneconomically, and most research work is subjected to some overall control.

Those students who are completing suitable degrees for research work, will no doubt be well aware, through their teaching departments, of the institutions in New Zealand engaged in research of interest to them. It might be worth adding here, that some students perhaps decide too hastily that this country cannot offer them sufficiently challenging or interesting research work. While no one would suggest that another Rutherford should stay here on patriotic grounds, it should be remembered that even the student paying all his own tuition fees has been subsidised about 2 for 1 by the New Zealand taxpayer.

Most opportunities for reasonably advanced research occur in universities, D.S.I.R., other Government Departments and Research Associations. There is very little scientific research in industry. However, there will be a small but increasing number of opportunities for applied research using raw materials and methods peculiar to New Zealand, and technological work with the development of industries

Nearly all manufacturers rely on overseas parent companies, or associates, to carry out their basic research for them.