Hello all, I'm new to this forum and I find it really interesting.

I'm currently a PhD student, I study Contemporary History (Greece and decolonization to be more specific), University of Athens.

I got a BA in Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology and an MPhil in Contemporary Greek History from the same University. My supervisor told me that I need some international experience. So I checked some Universities in the UK and they do offer "visiting research". Does this cound as international experience? Will it cound if I add this to my CV? Plus, I'd like to know if there are scholarships within the UK for such studies.

Thank you in advance!

This would count as international experience, yes, but really I doubt it would be the decider between a successful job application and a unsuccessful one. But every little but helps I guess. I don't think you will get a scholarship from the UK for this, but you might find some relevant academic societies that will give you small amounts of funding. What about Erasmus?

Thanks for your reply! As for academic career would this matter?

From what I know Erasmus doesn't much cover such studies, but some Institutions (like LSE) offer some funding, for particular fields of studies.

I think that there are so many things that contribute to whether or not you get an academic career that if you tick 15/20 boxes it wouldn't matter much whether you have international experience ie if you have great publications, contacts, the ability to move around etc then international experience is a bonus, but it's unlikely to be the difference between job or no job.

Thank you very much!!