Hi Jojo. From the way i read your post, it seems to me that the guy is just trying to help. I do not know any other hidden attributes that he may have. Personally i would accept this help with an open mind, you never know where it may lead you. If in the end you get a job and become so successful, so what if it was someone else that nudged you in the right direction in the first place. That is one of the reasons we are here in this world. I did not get to where i am at the moment by not accepting all the help i could get. If i didn't i would have been stuck somewhere looking for a job in my field that may never have come.

All the best.

Reposting three times would not make you get any much help.

I am really sorry to hear about the current position you're in and i can do nothing but pray it changes for the best.

The lack of funding to commence your PhD does not mean that a PhD is not for you. I believe there are other avenue (though fiding one might be difficult)

You mentioned a teaching position. Is that in a University? I do not know if all Unis in the UK do this but in mine, if you are am employee, and want to study, it is paid for you. You could inquire about this from yours.

Best wishes

Its quite rubbish but if its in your Uni regulation and your supervisor agrees with it, then you have to do it.

I'd say kremowka, don't beat yourself about it. You're still quite early into your research. You've got plenty of time to do publications as time goes by.

Hmmm...it might vary from uni to uni. But to make it a big deal, in my opinion, is pointless!

phdgirlie might have a good point there as in maybe she's trying to get you to talk about how you feel and you willing to commit, and her not knowing how to go go about it, probably due to the stress of her phd.

The bike/camping trip sounds like fun!

I agree that you should give her the space she needs but as i guy (as well as anyone else) there is an uncertainty that the realtionship would actually resume after such a break. I'm not trying to cause you to loose hope but that's the reality of things.

Hello mindken. I'm sorry to hear about what's going on. I am no expert in raltionships but my advice would be to give your girlfriend some space, as she requested. I'm sure you will agree that doing a PhD can be quite demanding and its sure going to take a toll on you one way or the other.

Since you have asked her to talk and she has refused to, i guess she has her reasons for doing so. I would suggest supporting her nonetheless, give her the space she needs but remind her of your feelings for her. A break from a relationship does not neccessarily mean a break-up.

I hope you are able to sort things out.

oh i don't think you want to be asking that, verdy. You might be surprised the answers you get

wuyeh, though i understand what you might be going through, i agree with what H and golfpro have pointed out. I think you are being too unreasonable here to be honest.

I'm sure you must have heard the voices of reason on this forum so far Come clean and make the neccesary adjustments now than gamble and face the consequences later.

Sorry 404 for the late reply. No, i'm not in computer science, i'm in Engineering.

mino. There are a lot of places you could begin your search. Europe is a pretty big place. Where in Europe are you looking to study?

You could start from these two: http://www.educationuk.org/scholarships/
FindAPhD.com

Best wishes.