Sure you need to want to do the project, but do take serious consideration to location. It will matter, it's all well and good having the project of your dreams but awful social life in a country with no one you know.

Normally you do postgraduate courses to either go into academics or provide better eduation for a higher paid position in the real world. You have to know what you want for it to be worth the time and effort.

While I agree that phd projects can be too focused and lack the other skill sets jobs may want remember that you don't have to have every skill listed, just proof that you have the experience and ability to fill the role.

I found the opposite. My phd was in lcms and I went on to do proteomics but jobs have seemed more limited to this area although to me it's what I want, I would caution that a shift without experience can be difficult.

Congrats, wonderful outcome for you. Enjoy it!!

If you can don't go back and change things and just put the finished 'glossy' results into your thesis. Your phd is a body of work you carry out and what you learn through your studies. Your supervisor should help you.

Then perhaps leave the original study 1 in place and add after concluding study 2/3 that study 1 fault/flaws can be addressed by x leading to y which could be futher studied to indicate x, y and z ??

I know ppl worked as tutors, class assistants, driving instructors, cleaners and in restaurants or fast food places. It just means you have limited free time and while that's ok first year maybe not in your last.

It depends on what work you mean. I worked pt at the weekend throughout my phd which my supervisor was aware of. As long as it's under the work limit set out by your uni it should be fine.

I had a PI that would only accept out of EU postdocs with government or industry (their countries industry) funding. And that funding went into a 'lab fund pot' where he decided what it got used for. :/

As said, you'll find it's not what you know but who you know when it comes to academic funding of projects and giving phd spots. Money talks.

There is a point you have to reach where you accept that in order to get your phd you have to fix/format your work to the standards of people you might not agree with. Suck it up. Do the work. Move on. And forget this.

Especially rn in the CRO industry the chance that UK don't join EU compliance will hit the industry and threaten to kill it off in the UK. Companies (very well known ones) aren't investing big right now.

I agree with both posters, but keep in mind that today's job market isn't great. The money will be there but they'll want experience or the other way around. Best to start applying early.

My best bit of advise is to know exactly what you are teaching them. Have answers to basic questions and have real life examples of what you are teaching. Entertain them with knowledge and you'll do great!