By accepting, you don't have to turn up, you can cancel anytime as long as it doesn't invlove you agreeing to pay anything. (one offer I received demended money upfront (from uni of Surrey), which meant there was no way I could accept at that time).

Oooo weird conversation. O_o

All my posts were referring to PhD research. I wouldn't at all mind doing a PhD in an industry setting, as long as I liked the project. I had a applied to one PhD at a research institute.

NO.

Aww that's awful! Bear in mind doing a masters doesn't guarantee a PhD place.

I advice if you really want to do one search for alternatives.

Liverpool is a good uni, so I don't what the problem is. I advice you should always go for the uni with the project which interest you the most, unless you feel the uni is so bad you're worried it'll affect the integrity of the PhD and if that's the case you shouldn't apply.

Were those PhDs self-funded?

Historybluff you can spend the rest of your life learning new skills, you're aren't going to acquire knowledge on a level above that of your first Mres, so that's no point doing another. Personally, and this isn't an attack on you, I view people who take degree just for the hell of it afaird of going into the world of work and this may be the view of employers. So it might easier to get onto a PhD now than after anther Mres.

Also the salary of a typical PhD is incredibly low, especially with inflatation rates.

I want to go into research but no one will take me on. Apprarntly 2 degrees and a hoard of lab experience isn't enough.

1. Check the deadlines, if it's been a while since then contact the unis.

2. Unless it's just a few hours a week I'd say that's impossible.

Mmmm I would think you'll need a biology degree to do a PhD in zoology.

SixKitten that's not true CDLs are for any course, as long as it's accredited by the learning and skills council, which all unis are.

I had suffered from depression for years, thoughout my BSc, a studentship and MSc, all included a lot of lab work, which I like so that's fine by me. The OP haven't mentioned they don't like lab work or any other aspect of their PhD. Could be wrong but it sounds like the PhDs you and Smilodon were doing weren't suited for you anyway, and there's nothing from the OP's post to suggest the case is the same for them.

Dead flowers. I don't have the heart to throw them away.