There's a 4 year PhD programme I saw in November when I was browsing different universities, and about which I emailed the relevant department. They've just got back to me, inviting me to send a CV and referees' details as they're currently shortlisting. I have my eye on another supervisor at a different uni, although he hasn't got confirmed funding yet, so I'm wondering what to do.
This 4 year programme is in Liverpool, which isn't somewhere I'd normally have considered, but the department has a very good reputation, and the 4 year nature of it appeals as it would give me a greater training and also allow me to defer choice of supervisor and project until the end of the first year, when I know more about the department and what they do.
But, considering that it woulnd't be my first choice IF I got the other PhD I'm hoping for, and also that Liverpool isn't top of my list of places to go, is it worth applying?