I am with Hypothesis and Rosy, they make me laugh. They are infuriating at the level it totally undermines the idea of hard work for the PhD degree--the accomplishment, etc, but it also shows a real lack of understanding of what the degree stands for ( hopefully!) and its not just an honorary title for sale. Although there are universities that bestow honorary doctorates to famous people--seen as distinct from the PhD award--is that what those posters are after! No PhD is free... there are fees and tuition and etc, and even if you have funding--someone is buying your PhD in the sense that the costs of doing it are being paid for.
I would like Swedish model Andreas Lundin to be my personal assistant - with his own stipend. And, the poor quality desk I write on simply won't do: I think the funding body should stretch to a 18th century 'Gillows of Lancaster' walnut desk....and a magician to magic up a fully bound copy of my thesis that I can hide in my room for the next 2 years, and whip out just before the deadline...
Your standards are a bit low, Chris, I think you should demand the full support to which you are deserving and entitled. I want a full symphony to play music for me at my whim at any time of the day or night, and be able to read my mind for this, whether I am awake or asleep, so I do not have to waste my valuable time speaking to them. I also want endless deliveries of Pizza Hut pizza, with extra thick crust and lots of pepperoni and extra cheese! Although your idea has merit, you could go on a round the world trip for two years and then come back and hand in the magician prepared thesis. Why even bother to put up the front of a skint beleagured student?
You lot are aiming too low: I want my own academic institution that will enable me to dish out doctorates with aplomb. "Hypothesis"; PhD (cubed) with an associate professorship in astrophysics and home economics.
Will you sell those, or will they be handed out to the deserving through some kind of lottery? How will you distribute those PhDs? But still, I think you are aiming too low. I think that you should have a red brick university built up around your head, complete with a library and a fountain named for you, and a statute of you ( perhaps mounted on a horse or wearing a cape).
Well yanno if you think about it, the way that scholars used to dress in the long gown ( think of what people wear when they graduate) and the hood and so forth, it really looks like a cape. In fact, it would look better as a cape. So in a return to TRADITION, I am going to start wearing a cape around my university. Do you think the idea will catch on? It really is a sharp look for a scholar. I think the Scottish Widow is really doing a PhD.
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