Having said all that, im sure if you are good a bluffing how good you are you would prob be able to land a pretty good job in some far off land (prob in the far east as others have pointed out) with a PhD from Oxbridge (im sure it is worth more out of the UK/western world). If you get a good exchange rate, then you could prob live pretty comfortably of £25K for a little while (really depends on house prices). The main prob with that is any jobs that pay well will be in expensive cities so £25K wont go far.
Of course if you already are fantastic, then you prob dont need to worry about going far, as you will very soon be rich and famous.