The tutors from my undergraduate course are teaching the masters, the research module is the same as the undergrad (I have no idea why this should be the case) and I did a 15,000 piece of research in my undergraduate (the masters dissertation is still 15 thou) The lecturer has stated that I will not learn anything from the lectures and I felt like I was paying for very little. The others in the group have come from nursing backgrounds and I was astounded by the lack of knowledge. The lecturer said he has to pitch for the lowest level of knowledge in the group and that he was sorry - ultimately this has made me want to change direction. I need to be challenged to stay interested and I am sure at a different location a masters would be taught differently but I need to stay in this area as I have commitments.

Thanks for the replies. A January intake - that sounds promising.
I appreciate the comments about the Masters. I was self-funding for the masters route and I would rather put the money into long term study - I had to withdraw on Friday or be charged.

As the title says I withdrew on Friday from a masters in Public Health and social change. I graduated with a 1st class honours in July this year and the masters seemed like the next step - but I didn't like the group or the teaching, it felt just like the undergraduate course so I opted out.

I did look into the PhD route over the summer and I even got so far as to find my main supervisor but then I choose the easy route of the masters course. Bad move!

I need advice and lots of it!

1) Can you register at anytime for a PhD? or I
2) If I self funded for the first year how likely would I be to get funding for years 2/3?
3) Have I made a really stupid move?! Does a masters really equip you more for PhD study?

Thanks