What I'm suggesting pea is that as impartial it's important to take an even handed approach. All sides have degrees of culpability in this matter, some more than others. That does include the Lebanese for allowing [and indeed actively encouraging] a terrorist organisation to operate from within its borders.

Regarding your question, I think genocide is way, way too strong a word. How many people have been killed in this conflict? Are we actually in the hundreds, in a country of how many million?

Based on some of the language you are using Pea and your stated allegiances can you hand-on-heart say you are being even handed to all parties?

Pea..can I put this question to you. Do you believe the Lebanese, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran are blameless in all this?

The Lebanese, Hezbollah and especially Syria/Iran are no angels in all this. If people are going to demonise Israel then they should give equal consideration to these parties too.

A very one-sided viewpoint.

No there was no cash involved at all. It was just that you got to do various things with several very atractive young ladies. Problem was the male actor who was also with them had like a 10 inch k**b [which watched a bit of filming]. That was kinda [lotta] intimidating. Oh and that you could probably find pictures of yourself on the internet [as could everyone else].

Off on a tangent, I met Ben Dover once in Birmingham. Very, very amusing chap. He suggested me and a pal I was with appear in one of his vids [he was filming it in a Birmingham hotel], with some very attractive young ladies that were with him. I declined for one reason or another.

See this article in yesterdays Educational Guardian [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/postgraduate/story/0,,1822626,00.html ].

Well courses tend to be split into specialist subjects with students grouped together for common modules [can be upto 40 in a lecture]. Which Uni is it btw?

Thats why I said 'Like for like' [as in all other things being equal]. In life a good biggun generally always beats a good little un. Your friends keehaa are the exception that prove the rule. I'd really [REALLY] like to think otherwise but I savvy enough to not kid myself that it isn't. I'm sure some people go onto glorious academic carrers from De Montfort Uni. Some. I'm sure lots more do so from top 10 uni's. Its only my opinion.

Anyway thats why I'm being damm picky about where I do a PhD.

'I dont think its that important where you get your degree from'.

It bloody is. I know from personal expereince. As an interviewer put it to me 'Oh I see you went to UCLan..and I see Lancaster so not a complete loss'. Like for like someone from a top 10 University will [I believe] always get the nod from someone from a bottom 10. Try getting on a decent PhD with a degree from Edge Hill College and see how far you get.

Keehaa you had 2 years research experience which makes your sitaution entirely different.

Money came into it. Self-funding is expensive.

if I were you I'd push for a 1st.

Hi. I can't comment on the former aspects but regarding 'former-polytechnics' where did you go. Obviously there are former-polytechnic and then former-polytechnic if you get my drift.

Hopes it proves useful XJR. After re-reading it I'm not entirely sure it's any good. There you are anyway.

I wasn't suggesting that your qualification was good or bad risenphoenix, just what it equates too. As a marker as regards the competition, on the MSc I attended last year there was a young[ish] lady [who was English] who got a 1st from Manchester University in English Lit - or such like. She couldn't get on a PhD and ended up doing a Computing Masters instead.