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[quote]Quote From Sirius:




Well having often read with great interest the experiences of other PhD students on this forum, I have finally decided to type down my own experience. I am now in my third year of what was supposed to be originally a 3 year PhD but due to numerous problems this has now turned into four years. I have spent months trying to secure funding for this extra year consequently I have had very little time or opportunity to learn and develop valuable lab skills. I feel I am completely useless and this has just really worn me down. I came within weeks from watching my project and me completely collapse. I have no motivation left any more. While my PhD topic is quiet interesting, I feel like I can't take it







Sirius:







your story just likes a mirror reflect my current situation. I have a woman supervisor as well, perhaps I am her the first PhD student, through the conversation and discussion, I feel that she is lack of sufficient background knowledge with respect to my project. the fact that I have checked her PhD experience, although belong to the same subject but they are absolutely different field of research. I am very very confused why she can have successfully applied the EPSRC funding, of coure I am beneficiary from EPSRC because of it pay me the whole scholarship. I have asked her some academic questions, the answer is always not explicit or even "I don't know". I would think that as an applicant of the inpendent research project if without enough experience or theory knowledge can get about 200,000 pound, how to get it? how to win it? Something need to be upgraded or repaired or purchse new, she is alway not glad to do or push it.