I would never take on a PhD student that wants to continue working elsewhere We have several people at the company I work (in Sweden) doing their PhD part time

I would never take on a PhD student that wants to continue working elsewhere We have several people at the company I work (in Sweden) doing their PhD part time. The company gets 'free' research in an area relevant to them and the university gets connections to industry and their research field tested on real world projects. Both se it as a win-win. This sort of arrangement seems quite common in Sweden I know several people who got their PhD this way.