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hey,
thanks for your replys. So I am doing my Mphil in the moment - I would apply for a phd - so would you consider ecs still important than? I could eihter get involved in some of these EC activities or could learn another foreign language (know thwo in the moment) - what would you go for? Phd would be in evolutionary biology !

does no one have a clue ?

Hey guys,

I know that for undergraduate applications American universities ( the top insitutions) are really keen on numerous extra curricual work and cherity etc. However, what if you apply to do a Masters or a Phd - is this still important then or is it more about your research experience?

thanks,

Tim

hey

thanks for your advice in the thread I opened. Nevertheless, you said that the struggle for post-doc positions is really though in the moment. However, do you think that it really does not matter from which university one comes? When I started at Oxford, we were told that one shoudl -normally- have better career prospects in one intended field of work (academia) than others.

tim

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Hey

thanks for the advice. However, if I would not plan to go into academia afterwards but something like consultancy would this alter something? I mean that most phd students I knwo from Oxford (also in anthropology) had jobs quit after they finished their phd. I don't no how one is exactly taxed in this situation in the U.K. but shouldn't be 30k/ year be enough to pay this back? And why woudl nobdy self-fund a phd, just becaus it is so pricy? I have soem of teh funds to do the phd already but would need additional money from a loan.

tim

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Hey,
I am in the final stages of my Masters in Anthropology in the U.K. and thought about continuing with a PhD afterwards. However, I would have to take out a loan to fund it if there won#t be any research council funding. I calculated the rate I would have to pay back after finishing the PhD, which would be c. 390 GBP per month. Is this possible to pay such a rate after one (or two years) after you gained an (Oxbridge) PhD in the above mentioned field or is it unrealistic? I am single and there are no children, if it matters.

thanks,
Tim