I've had a textbook stolen from my desk I cant beleive that someone in my own office would do this. I spoke to a postdoc and was told that laptops had also been stolen from the office. Now all the time im thinking about who could be stealing from me and am wary about leaving my stuff there eben though I have to. Any suggestions?

Has anyone ever had anything stolen from their shared desk area before?

These sites are really good. Good to know there are others out there like me who are not mathamatically inclined

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Are you self funded?
You will find it difficult to get another PhD whether you are self-funded or are looking for funding but more so in the latter case.
Any prospective supervisor will not want to to take the risk that you will quit again. You will have to try really hard to expalain to them that you had a really good reason for leaving and this will be hard. Also you will need references from your current supervisor and these may not be favourable since you say you are just quitting because you dont like it. Sorry to be harsh but this is the lilkely situation you will face.

I agree with sunnyday, you cant tell all of these things by just having one meeting with the supervisor, so appart form looking at the obvious things such as publications, what else can one look at except the department RAE rating and the repitation of the university?

I know this is a really silly question but what factors can you take into account when assessing the academic reputation of your supervisor?
I know obvious things like publishing record but what other factors do you need to take into account. Its too late for me now since ive already started my PhD but am just curious.

Do things like sitting on research council funding boards count? and consulting for hospitals and industrial companies count?

I have a first for my undergraduate degree so does that mean my merit is equal to this?

I would think Queen Mary,its part of the university of london which also included university college london and King's college london. But it may depend on the course content and what you want to do in the future and also your acaedmic background. where did you do your undergraduate degree?

hi verypoor,
Just had a question to ask, you say that a pass in a masters is equal to a 2:1 in an undergraduate degree, what percentage is this 50-59 % ?, I have a merit in my masters (60+) what is this equal to?

How do you determine the academic reputation of the supervisor, obviously you can look at their publishing record for frequency and the quality of the journals. But are there any other things you should look at?

what about if you miss a payment occosionally but then pay it within 1 or 2 months and get yourself back on track and have not been referred to the debt collection agency?

what's it like in Italy?

Hiya,

You should post this on the findaphd.com forum.

I went for an interview a few weeks ago and was asked to give a 5 min presentation on the main technique that would be used in the PhD project, had to outline how it worked including the limitations and strengths and then give some examples of how it had been used in medical research. However I do agree it’s more common for people to be asked to talk about a research project of their own. I hope this helps. Good luck.