I don't think you should worry too much about the ranking of the university. I think with PhDs it's more important to secure the research that you are really passionate about and finding a really good supervisor who will be there to help you all the way through.

As for being a teacher, do you mean school/sixth form teacher? In which case in the UK you only require an undergrad degree and a teacher trainign qualification so it might be worth looking into this instead of a PhD.

Also, are you likely to get fully funded at your current university? If you are, it's definitely worth going for that as fully funded PhDs are hard to come by or so I understand from talking to friends.

I hope this helps, I am very new to this site so please forgive me.

I'm a bit stuck for what to do to be honest. I'm a couple of months off finishing a Bsc in Biology. The first two years of my degree were a bit hit and miss, I loved it but I finished second year thinking I definitely didn't want to do any more eduction and that I wanted to get a job after uni.
However, third year has been awesome! I've loved every second of it, i'm not sure, maybe it's because there is more focus on independent work and getting on with things and that is what I am good at. I've spent hours and hours in the library working really hard, I'm probably on for a 2:1 overall, a couple of disappointing modules have bought me down.
Anyway, I've secured a job for after university. It's a graduate position in production for a company that makes pet food. I worked really hard to get it and now I have it yes I am pleased but these last few months I've really felt like I want to continue with education...
The dilemma is what to do?
Is it bad to take a break from education?
The position is 2 years long and at that point I will be operating at manager level so my gut feeling is to go for it and mull over postgraduate study for those 2 years and apply for masters/PhDs in the time being. I think that's sensible since I really haven't considered funding options or anything like that, I don't even fully understand the system.
I'm 21 now and if I take this job I won't be starting my postgrad study until i'm 23. Would I be too old?

The reason i'm posting this is because this weekend has been an absolute nightmare for me so far. I haven't been able to focus on my uni work because I think it finally hit me that uni is nearly over. What would you do?