Hi all,
Yet another quitting thread I'm afraid. I'm on a studentship and will be quitting after many months of study. Does anyone know if I'll be expected to pay this back? My contract doesn't contain any wording to this effect which makes me think it would be illegal for them to ask anyway.
I would be grateful if people could advise me. The PhD is untenable so no chance of staying on.
Thank you.
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I get paid monthly through the university, do you think they'll ask for it back?
I'm actually over 2 years in, do you think this will be an issue? I've done data collection & have draft thesis but I can't achieve the standard required for Phd. Relationship with sup beyond repair, postgrad tutor blamed me, refuses to give new supervision & labels me as trouble.
I quit a UK research council funded PhD once. I was being paid quarterly in advance, and I was asked to repay the portion of the quarterly instalment for which I was no longer going to be working (i.e. I ended up quitting just a couple of weeks after being paid that instalment so they asked me for three months minus 2 weeks back). Seemed fair! I wasn't asked to repay anything for the time already spent.
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Good luck Dr J-hope it all works out for you. Sounds like it has been a really rough experience.
Hi DoctorJ,
I am also thinking of quitting a studentship. Can you let us know what happens? How are you going to approach telling your supervisor?
As far as I am aware you only have to pay back anything 'overpaid' to you which means paying back the remainder of a term if you quit a few weeks in and you are paid each term.
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