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Sorry to hear your bad time pero. I'm lucky, my industrial supervisor is fantastic and really supportive. He's always telling me how well I'm doing and how impressed he is. He does have a big say on the direction the project goes but I dont think it's anywhere near as bad as how yours sounds.

Unfortunately they get to have a big say because they are paying you and the end product will have their name on it somewhere.

I think you should arrange for a meeting with the industrial supervisor and let them know how you feel and that the deadlines are too ambitious.

Could use some advice from those who know

H 5282 posts
17 years ago

Rozza, I know how you feel too! I will be 28 when I finish and I hear the biological clock ticking. I just got married a few months ago as well!

I definitely don't want to stay in academia, which I have made clear from the start. My main supervisor knew this and managed to get an industrial company involved in my PhD, which is fantastic for me.

However I am still wondering how I will manage to get myself a good career and have children as well. I am worried about when it will happen, i.e I need to finish the PhD, find a job, buy a house, settle in for a bit........

Having some time off always makes a difference, make sure you enjoy yourself and don't think about your work!

st.george's, university of london

H 5282 posts
17 years ago

I don't think it's about thinking St George's as lowly.

Unfortunately, this is a big gap between the top elite (red brick) universities and the rest of them when it comes to undergraduate and even some master degrees. The courses are more demanding on both your physical and intellectual capabilities. I speak from personal experience. I actually found my masters course much easier than my undergrad BSc course for example, my masters being at a university not that far from imperial in the rankings.

However I think these things are quite relative and I'm sure there are people on here who will disagree with me.

I actually think its more about Imperial wanting to get Oxbridge-like status, hence distancing themselves from the other London unis, some of which are excellent, such as UCL.

If the contents of this course is what you want to do and the RAE rating is high, you don't have a problem in my opinion.