You've got a PhD in molecular plant science - you need to be applying for jobs in plant science. You are not likely to get biomedical jobs. Who would you hire between a choice of two great candidates, one with experience in the relevant field and one without?

You are also unlikely to get a postdoc by contacting professors - you need to use academic job websites.

When you say permanent position, what are you looking for? Are you in the UK?

You can't divide it by 9 because your dissertation is worth 60 credits and your other 8 modules are worth 15. Your dissertation is therefore worth 4 times as much as your other modules individually.

But you still need to check your handbook or similar because there are often rules that say something like 'distinction - 70%+ average but only if 65% is achieved in all modules".

Well if it says postdoc there and you've done a postdoc, then select postdoc? They won't award you a prize for being pedantic.

Well done, Fallenonion! I wouldn't worry too much about lack of research experience - they have called you to interview so they can't be that bothered about that because you must have other qualities they do want.

I think you should mention research goals in the interview, but it doesn't seem to be a big factor if it was only a desirable. I guess they will focus on teaching, your experience of higher education and general interview questions such as dealing with pressure etc.

Good luck!

I don't think changing supervisory teams will help you now - it's basically between you and the examiners, since you are just presenting the same thesis for reexamination, right? A new set of examiners might approach the thesis and viva totally differently and pass you, which is obviously what you are hoping for.

What I don't understand is why your supervisors are not fighting your corner. Why did they not comment on your thesis prior to submission? Why are they not helping you now?

I think you need to speak to someone else in the department, maybe pastoral care people, or head of the department or graduate school. It is in the interest of the school and university to pass you if your thesis is worthy of a pass.

I think you're the first case I've heard of with an outcome of no award...

I doubt you will be able to take your PhD to another uni if it doesn't get awarded. I've never heard of this either.

Did your supervisors think you had done enough for a PhD? Were they shocked at the result?

You should be able to pick your examiners yourself, as long your uni agrees on your choice.

You won't be kicked out immediately - this wouldn't be in their interest. I think they will work with you to find a solution. You get to keep the stipend for the quarter anyway I believe.

I was thinking do the PhD part time whilst working full time, if that was possible for you, rather than work part time. It's possible to finish within 5-6 years if you are really dedicated to the work, but I appreciate it's a long time to work so many hours.

Is there a university hardship fund that could support you? Maybe you can apply for grants from charities as well? There's a lot of these out there. You could do this whilst looking for a job. Explain the situation to your supervisors as well and see what they can suggest. You could switch to part time or defer. Maybe your industrial sponsor could employ you now and you could work on the PhD as an employee?

Well, not in my experience. I had maybe 7 interviews last year and I always heard back, successful or not, within 2 days. These were all advertised positions. They would have interviewed several people for each position. It's easier to make these decisions quickly while it's still fresh in their mind. Usually they offer it to the preferred candidate first and then let the other candidates know once the preferred has accepted. Having said that, I did once get a rejection email about 2 months after the application deadline passed, so there's always some slow people!

Are you applying to a funded project where it asks you to just apply with a CV and cover letter? And are you thinking you need to submit a proposal to that?

If they said you need reasonable cause, then you need reasonable cause. Being not so passionate to work with someone is not reasonable cause. Why don't you want to work with this supervisor? I don't think you have to follow what they tell you just because they are funding you, but it's best to do what they say if it's not that unreasonable, because ruffling feathers is not going to help you on your academic journey.

There's also this new legislation stuff:
https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents/who-to-check

We don't really do credit checks on tenants here like you do in the US. We usually just have to show bank account statements to prove we can pay. Worst case scenario, you will be asked to pay 6 months rent up front.

I think you will be find re tourist visa as long you have a letter of acceptance from the uni.

I don't think it will matter, but I agree it is very odd. Mine just says PhD in Biological Sciences, from what I can remember (I was FT on campus). It shouldn't make any difference whether you did a PhD FT or PT, a PhD is a PhD.

I would query it and see what they say. But this is only your letter yes? So it probably won't say that on your actual certificate that you get after graduation, but you could check this as well.

Probably. In my experience, you usually hear back from a successful interview the same day or the next day. Is there going to be another round of interviews?

Most of the undergraduates at my uni have Macbooks, but that probably tells you more about their socio-economic background than it tells you about good laptops!

I wouldn't worry about what everyone else does. Do you want to make paper notes or make notes on a computer? Do what you want to do.

From my lectures I would say around 30% of undergraduates are using laptops for note taking.

I've never seen a postgrad take a laptop into a seminar.

MS Office is helpful and most unis provide free access to Office 365, which you can download on to your own PC/laptop. There's no reason why you can't use alternative software though.

Are you doing a taught or research masters? Maybe you will get a desk or access to a PC anyway? Will you need a high speed laptop or just something basic? That depends on your discipline I think. As a PhD student I did all my work on my uni PC because my laptop wasn't fast enough, plus I liked having the bigger screen.