risenphoenix... 67% [can't say I've ever heard of a University giving out half %'s but anyway] equates to a merit at masters level.

So 2.1 and a credit.

I would imagine [personally] you will likely struggle to get funding based on that. Too much high quality competition re overseas students with 1st's and Masters distinctions. My opinion.

risenphoenix...what did you actually get in your undergrad degree and masters [classification wise]?

I have a Computing research proposal [which gets me interviews]. Obviously different subject matters et al but the 'style' may be useful for you. If you get stuck I will happily email it to you as you are a regular poster on here. Leave your email if you want it.

Re cartoons anything with Dick Dasterdly and Mutley ['Catch the pidgeon' or 'Wacky races'. Equally good was Top Cat.

Did you get this done XJR?

Rather unsubtly, I used to play golf for my living.

The kid sounds a bit [lot] thick. If you are going to plagerize at least do it well.

No to the Serpentine. I was watching this TV programme presented by Suggs [of madness] called undiscovered London - may have been disappearing London. Anyway, he was talking about these huge pools outdoor swimming pools [Lido’s] in London 100m long. Most we have here is 25metres and its indoors. Apparently London has lots of them.

No sorry if I came across as a little abrassive there O&U. You make a very valid important point. Notwithstanding that it's nice weather for swimming isn't it. Wouldn't it be super in this weather to go to one of those huge open air pools they have in London?

onwards&upwards yes your wrong. MSc with dist [2005].

No I got the point Stu. I am just very against disserations-by-numbers. Agree with you re experimental data btw.

I personally found there tended to be very little development of students own ideas in written work, with rather a complete reliance on regurgitating someone else's ideas. In my experience students can be quite scared of putting their own ideas down if someone else hasn't said it first. I am obviously proposing this as an alternative academic lifestyle as opposed to the usual student methods [e.g. More is better re references]. Thought that was obvious.

I always tried to put my OWN ideas in. Tended to get a good reception as opposed to the students that went for endless pages of references.

'So is this person taking away a PhD position from someone younger who might need it more'.

I very much doubt either of these were funded positions.