Hey guys, I'm an applicant for PhD Political Economy research. Has anyone here completed the programme? If so, would you mind sharing some of your experience with me, particularly the taught part of the course and the training that you received.

From a conversation I had with my potential supervisor in KCL, she told me that the training in Economics at PhD level in KCL is limited. This is what worries me most, because although my research is in political economics, I'd be more interested in learning more about economics for the taught part of my PhD.

I am now choosing between PhD Political Economy Research in KCL and PhD Economics in the University of Glasgow and Nottingham. Any advice or comments (research environment and the taught part of the course) on Glasgow and Nottingham would also help.

Thanks for any comments you may have.

Hey guys! I just got an email from a school in a university I just applied for. The email says that the school is recommending to the university's admissions office that I be offered a CONDITIONAL place for the PhD.

What does it mean exactly? How likely is it that the admissions office would confirm or reject the school's recommendation?

In addition, about the CONDITIONAL place for the PhD, I have already met the entry requirements (master's grades and english language requirement) and have already given all the information to them. What do you think the place will be conditional on?

I know I should contact the school directly, but I don't want to spoil everything (not so sure what I would spoil though).

Thanks in advance for any comments you may have.

I recently contacted a supervisor in KCL to see if she's interested in supervising my proposed PhD project (PhD political economy research). She said that she wants me to come to see her and discuss it.

Has anyone here had a similar experience? Would you mind sharing the experience with me? For example, what you discussed with the potential supervisor, the questions he/she asked, etc.

Should I prepare something (like readings, research plan, etc) before I see her?

Thanks in advance for any comment you may have.

Hey guys, thanks for the reply.

I don't know. I focused a lot on microeconomics for both my BSc and MSc which is related to my PhD proposal, my MSc dissertation is also related to my PhD proposal except simpler than the PhD project of course. I didn't do so well in MSc Microeconomics, I only got a Pass for it, but I think it should be compensated by my MSc Advanced Micro, which I got a distinction. I took a module in my BSc outside the School of Economics as my free-choice module, can that be a problem?

Also, when I showed my proposal to my MSc dissertation supervisor, he said that I should do MSc Maths before the PhD because the project needs more technical skills than those I was trained for in my MSc. Do you think I should do MSc Maths? But I think it might be too difficult for me.

I tried contacting a potential supervisor in manchester, but never got a reply from him, unlike in other universities. and I asked an admission officer there and she said I don't need to, so I just applied. Also, I have a friend from my MSc, she had to resit 2 of her exams and still somehow managed to get a place to do a PhD in Manchester. I thought I might at least have a better chance.

I have contacted the university for their specific feedback, in case it helps. I'll let you know what they say once I get an answer.

Hey everyone! My name is Putthi. I am an applicant for PhD Economics.

I have applied to a few universities. Yesterday, I received an email from the University of Manchester saying that they couldn't offer me a place because my academic background is not strong enough for PhD level of study.

But, I'm not sure what the specific problem here is. I have a first-class for my BSc Economics (UEA). For my MSc Economics (University of Bristol), I got merit for the taught modules (less than 1% from distinction) and I got a distinction for my dissertation (70%). I thought it would meet their entry requirements because it is well above the entry requirement on their online prospectus.

My question is: are there other important academic criteria that universities consider to be important (that I didn't meet)?

what are the chances of me getting an offer from other universities, if one of them already said my academic background is not strong enough? (Other universities I applied to: Glasgow, Southampton, Edinburgh and Nottingham; there are potential supervisors in Glasgow, Southampton and Nottingham who said that they are happy to supervise my PhD project)

I appreciate any answer, advice and comments that you can give me.

Thanks!!!