Hey R, what's the hot PhD girl-geek group???
This should be far more publicised

Oh dear, this has got a bit out of hand. Er do either of you particularly enjoy escorting drunk girls home? Or live near Manchester?

Yay! Now I feel sooooo much better - seeing as in a couple of hours I have a meeting with my supervisor on a SATURDAY AFTERNOON!

This sounds really sad, but I decided to spend New Years Eve at home working rather than out with friends. Is it just me, or has anyone else lost their life completely to the PhD???

If you were only working abroad for a fixed term, as part of a job/career based in the UK it won't be a problem at all.

The reason you have been declined is less likely to be because you are a lone parent, and more likely to be the fact that you do not seem to be able to write a grammatically correct English sentence.

Aren't we missing out a key demographic of ginger people here. It really pisses me off when people think there are only two hair colours. PhD students are supposed to be intelligent and observant

Ok, I need a rating hot or not

http://salford.facebook.com/profile.php?id=531144922

Most people I know only make one, maybe two overseas trips during their PhD (usually to the largest/most prestigious conference in their field). Some research councils offer funding, but this normally only forms part of the cost. If the conference is large, there is sometimes a travel grant system in place, but again this will cover only some of the costs.
My Uni has a scheme where a certain amount of money is available per research student per year of the PhD for travel(I think it's 350), and more can be found if the student acts to promote the research institute in other ways (I'm the postgrad rep and organise the annual conference), and I pretty much rely on this and self-funding. Off to San Francisco in March, my uni has covered the flights and registration fee, I cover the hotel, and received a travel grant for the conf.

The most common thing that students have to face are differences of opinion between staff. You should be confident after 6 years to know what is appropriate for your work. A friend was in a similiar position, he was told his references were too broad, but he defended well, he passed as he could explain their relevance.
Pretty much all unis have an institution-wide Director of Grad studies. There MUST (legally) be a department that deals with research regulations (ie what needs to be fulfilled in order to acheive any piece of research) that standardises PhDs across the university in order that they meet HEFCE regulations. As for saying "you can't" do the training course, you shouldn't have started a PhD at an institution which has training course demands if you were not willing to fulfil them. If your job is the problem, then talk to your manager. The impression I get is that you are not willing enough to do what it takes to get your PhD - you are making facile excuses.

Hi, the payment for prep should be included in the per hour payment. That is, instead of paying for prep, they expect that you will have had to prepare the class, and will add extra on to your hourly rate commensurately.
If you are being paid over £15 ph for a seminar / demonstration, then the prep payment is included (roughly)

I dunno o.stoll, where are you?

I'll show you mine, if you show us yours

Er most of them are good friends, and have seen me do much worse things. I'd be flattered if someone said I was a hot geek!

fil nereo - Manchester
ania kowalczyk - salford
Katherine Harrison - Lancaster