Hu

pririties are different for diff people. If you are in a position to make a choice between intelelllectual and financial criteria, considering its a very very very hard choice to make, make that choice. If you have to follow the funds, go get the phd done and you can always change gear.

If its a UK univ from where you switch to another UK univ, many univs allow transfer without losing year. If its overseas univ, you may be told to start from scratch.

Ref your pririties, for me, it was my project and my supervisor. I had a hellish time till I even considered accepting a US fellowhsip and withdrawing 2 yrs later to work with this academic in the UK, and start phd from scratch again till she accepted me this yr itself, and i joined the UK.

Best

HI SL, ;lots of questions there!! :)

First, if you're speaking of the UK< face it, non-EU students have an exceptionally hard time. You are not eligible for research council funding, you pay very high fees.

Second, people still do it. As I've said elsewhere I've given up full fellowships in the US, to work with my supervisor here in the UK, at less than half the money. The rest in the first yr is self funded, though I have a research studentship for a little more than half of my tuition. next yr on i wil work, and lets see how it goes.

Third, there might still be positions available for nonEU people, but i dont think they are gonna be wholly funded inclusive of livign costs. If you are planning to stay in London, natural costs are higher.

Fourth, as far as your subject goes, both nutrition and socio are highly specialised fields to "enter", unlike media, or management and many other field which are great and challenging places to enter from diverse disciplinary histories. So, considering the field you want enter is itself specialised please take a moment to think carefullly before you decide. You dnt want to spend a hellish amt of time doing groundwork in socio, when you are prepard from nutri (and not something close liek anthro or psycho or history etc). Of course, the choice is upto you, and maybe yous hould after all make the change.

best!

hmmm, interesting discussion, keep it up folks! So, what sups want is:

Summary:

1. Hard work.
2. Good behaviour/not diff to work with
3. Interest/enthusiasm
4. Intelligence/asking questions/mentioning articles etc etc
5. Good personal hygiene!!
6. And?

Please keep adding....8-)

I havent got anyyyy (stars) :( :( :( :(

Hi all,

Those in the Lit Review stage or past that stage, can you please throw some light on the average number of journals you seriously follow? Especially those in interdisciplinary subjects....for instance, anyone in the social sciences knows how much the overlaps are with other social sciences, and how very many journals there are...

So, how many in total, and how widely outside your field/discipline do you read journals? I absolutely understand this is gonna be an average but I was just skimming through my own mind map of fields and journals and am getting pretty lost!

cheers folks!

And we love you admins, only if we had this 'commitment' for the "phd" and not just the "forum" LOL!!!!

AWWW Walrus, I'm sure you're fantastic, nobody can be all of what you said huh....fluent knowledge of subject, 24/7 hard work and dedication, goshh!

Hey all,

We've had PLENTY of supervisor stories on here, sob stories, neutral stories, happy tales, as the archives show...So with all the shared wisdom between us, what have you all realized (are realizing) about what Sups look for in an 'ideal' student? Think back to the good times to find out what you did right, or the bad times, where you realized that sup is looking for something else....

Keep it up!!!

I meant *put* their entire research....silly typos...

Much as I dont understand microbiology, I am truly impressed at people who can out their entire research in a succint sentence like that, Tricky!!! Which yr are you? I appreicate that its different in the social sciences etc, but still, even though I am only starting next week, I cant imagine it all in a sentence yet and it freaks me out to think what I shall say when I'm asked what I'm doing...urgh especially when family and relatives ask....you should see my face LOL!!!

Guys, can anyone please tell me what the upgrade is? Is it the MPhil to PhD document or the Mphil thesis? or are they the same?

Second question, nowadays we find so many phds converting their thesis into a book, though that naturally takes some years time, what are the differences between a well written thesis and its potentially well written book form?

MY MY MY!!!! Now I feel less guilty!!!! :P

So, here's the million pound question!

Hi jb

why did u call yourself a mature student? when I applied for my PHD I was 22, and now that I am starting I am 23. I wonder if the age is OK...I am confused now...who is a mature student? Technically I could have started at 22, by applying at 21, but I did two masters degrees....

Oh no guys please dont be.....thats what this forum is for...to share our tales of (under)performance!!!! I've been wondering why what I thought would be a topical thread hasnt been attracting any replies .... :(