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funding my research
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Not unless you are more specific, no.

Which Course to choose next?
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Why would you want two master's degrees? What are your career goals?

Science phd issues - another supervisor problem :/
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Why is your supervisor asking you to make things instead of buying them? Could it be he is trying to get you to learn something from the process? Same goes for all the extra analyses.

Regarding working hours, I would do what works for you. I bet if you check your university handbook or similar there's no stipulation that you have to work the hours that your supervisor says you have to.

Regarding how you show the problem is with your supervisor and not with you, honestly you haven't convinced me here. You need to rephrase your comments for a start. E.e. supervisor "insists", he thinks this, whereas I think this (why is your opinion 7 months in better than your supervisors' with years of experience?), "waste of time" etc.

How do you know your next set of supervisors won't be just as bad?

What attempts have you made to improve your relationship with your supervisor?

Submitting the final version of the thesis (post viva) without examiner approving of the corrections
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No, your examiner makes the recommendations to the exam board, without that, you have no PhD.

Supervisor Dilemma and Competency Issues
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Sounds good Pursue, best of luck with it!

The Viva From Hell!
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Well done for getting this far! I also had a harrowing viva and I know how soul destroying it is, but you will feel better about it soon. Just follow bewildered's and Jamie's advice and it will be done in no time.

The quest to find a phd position
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Depends on your field. Some are more competitive than others. I've known funded PhDs advertised and receive no applications.

If you're getting interviews, you're doing something right so I would keep going. If you're not successful, ask for feedback so you can check you're not making any fundamental errors in the interview.

Supervisor Dilemma and Competency Issues
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It doesn't really matter who leads on paper in my opinion. I had a primary supervisor (prof), but secondary (senior lecturer) was way more involved in terms of overall direction and day to day stuff. This is very common in academia.

Let A be your lead on paper, and then do what B suggests. Unless A really cares about your research direction, this won't bother them. They will be getting the credit and not having to do the work.

In ideal situation, A will let B lead, so you could ask that, but don't be surprised if they say no.

PhD/ Post docs needed to review research proposals
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How long are your proposals? I mean it's only worth it if they are going to take someone 10-30 mins to review the document if you are only paying $50.

PhD loans - what do you all think?
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Quote From Tudor_Queen:
Wow! Was that a northern city by any chance? Amazing!


Nope, southwest. Expensive city too. But I didn't do much except write my thesis 10-12 hours a day so I had no time to spend any money even if I had any!

My thesis was never signed up and my PhD supervisor has since graduated
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You need to speak to the admin office and find out what's going on. Call or go in in person, don't email.

Where to advertise a grants funding programme?
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There's these: https://www.postgraduate-funding.com/gateway

https://www.findaphd.com/funding/guides/phd-without-scholarship.aspx

You should also contact university engineering departments and ask them.

Dated in Thailand while I was visiting
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I have no idea what the OPs purpose was, just that it didn't come across as genuine to me. I expected some sort of link to click on for Thai women at the end. It's also got nothing to do with postgrad stuff and it was a first post from this person, so I figured it was spam whatever its intentions were.

Learn accounting course
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Quote From stevesmiths:
I saw most of the people going for ACCA and AAT to make career in accounting, also here i found some accounting courses that may help you.
https://www.lsbf.org.uk/programmes/professional/acca-courses


Ignore this, this guy is a spammer who should be removed from the forum, not sure why the mods still allow him on here.

Supervisors and Competency Issues
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Please don't make multiple posts of the same thing.