I thought a 2:1 was 60% and above......surely 59% is a 2:2?

how to get a Ph.D studentship in europe

I have been looking through web sites, and I am doubting which ones are funding for international students, since there are symboles showing it is avaible for worldwide, but it sometimes appear EU and UK student only when going to more specific details of that site.
Please indicate more details, thanks

I think the fella above is being a little negative there. Social science is a broad subject area after all, so that seems a bit of a broad statement!

Dear Sir
Iam a Sudanese female graduted from Faculty of Medicine,Gezira University,Sudan in 1992,done an MSc in Human Physiology in the above mentioned medical school with collaboration of School of Biological Sciences,Manchester with the research component done in Manchester.Now I want to go further and do a PHd and looking forward for your help and assitance

I want to do a phd but still need to define the topic in behavioural ecology, more precisely the adaptive nature of visual signals, the cause function and evolution of colour patterns... should i widen the subject or can I be specific in that field, what career is open to me around the world, except for academia?

I want to do a phd but still need to define the topic in behavioural ecology, more precisely the adaptive nature of visual signals, the cause function and evolution of colour patterns... what career is open to me around the world, except for academia?

You have lot of opportunities to pursue your research in Theoretical Biophysics. There are many universities in Germany who offer you a stipend during your PhD. Institutes like Max Planck Instiute for Biophysics in Frankfurt, Max Planck Institute for BioPhysical Chemistry in Göttingen offers you a very good ambience to do your research in Biophysics. You can go to those sites to have more idea. and there are lot more opportunities other than these places.

Dear andy,
literature review means searching for all what have been done in the respective field.To start with u can go to bmn.com and search for the reviews there, from here u can get the key words in which u r interested. Then u can go to pubmed, medline,sciencedirect or the specific journal searches as PNAS,JBC,Biochemistry and like that.

One of my course last year was a Lit review and i'm currently doing another one as part of my project. A good way to go about it is to work out 'keywords' for your project e.g. from reading a general textbook, then use these to search PubMed, Science Direct, BiomedCentral etc as these offer plenty of full text articles, including reviews. I've got a feeling the mimas WOS ,mentioned above will just give you references rather than full text. Hope this helps.

I have recently applied for a PhD on the subject of novel drug delivery systems at Aston University. This project has EPSRC backing but I am ineligible for this since I am from the Isle of Man. I have contacted the manx government who have agreed to pay the fees only. Is there another council, such as the BBSRC, that I could apply to for funding who would consider me British rather than EU like the EPSRC annoyingly do?

How can i get information about the programs of the different universities in the USA. I studied telecommunication in Germany and have also a MBA. Which universites offers such studies.

If you enjoyed your degree course and are still interested in the subject then a PhD is definitely worth considering. It won't be easy but the satisfaction of working at the cutting edge of your field will generally get you through the months when nothing works. As for demonstrating, the classes are usually easy to run and a good source of extra cash. As long as your serious about wanting to do research then a PhD can be an extremely rewarding three years.

A literature review is just an overview of what is currently known in your particular subject. The best place to start is a search on one of the web based databases like Web of Science. Also your supervisor should be a good source to get a few papers to start you off.

I am considering doing a phd. Wanted to ask current Phd students how difficult they find things like being a demonstrator/tutor for undergrad practical classes and tutorials. Also, is it as stressful as people say? because i really like the idea of research into something i enjoy