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I am a published author in the areas of paradigms in education and art. My works have been published by scientific publishers such as Springer Publications and Greenwood Press. I am also an independent publisher of poetry books who focuses on the application of creativity to the mundane aspects of life.

My current goal is to attain a PhD by Publication in the UK in addition to publishing new works and original art integrating writings. I have already attained an EdD, the teacher's doctorate in the USA. What would you suggest? Are there are UK universities that would be interested in my proposal? Please, also suggest the least expensive routes to a degree specialising in applied creativity.

Sincere thanks,

Laura

I have previously posted the question above; however, I have framed it differently this time, now that I have a better idea of what I wish to do after having explored some options. I am most confounded about expenses and am trying to keep them to a minimum. I admire the UK university systems such as UOL and others.

Hi Laura,

Firstly congratulations on the EdD. That is a great achievement. Since I myself had a Masters from the US before I went for a PhD here in the UK, I would like to say that you need to be aware that the system here has a lot of politics and bureaucracy as compared to the US. And while I appreciate your interest in the UK system. So once you find a department which allows for a "by publication" route, be sure that there have been previous successful PhDs there *by this route* and do ask them personally about their experiences. I probably could have taken the same route but chose not to do so since I realized that if the examiners have themselves never seen this route before, I might get into trouble (more than I have gone through going the other way :p). The key problems that I realize I might have faced are the subjective (and actually unchallengeable) assessments at times by the examiners here. (e.g. in "their" opinion, are the publications "substantial" etc.)


Cheers