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Hi All,

I am doing an practice-led MPhil and as all this is new to me I feel I am on my own floating in a boat without paddles. At to this the complication that my supervision team have little expertise in my area and one of them is a stress queen who ignores my emails and can't be bothered to give me any feedback. I am completing with an MPhil as this woman who is the head of the research school keeps saying: "this is not PhD!" even though she has no expertise in my subject area. I tried to have her replaced but if failed and now I guess she is out to get me.

I considered transferring to another Uni but this would cost me a lot of money so I thought perhaps I am better off with an MPhil as I am at a top University.


Can anyone advise me on a way forward? I am partly funded and my family have been supporting me. I will now have to go and do a PhD somewhere else in a completely different topic. I still have to do a viva etc as is standard for an MPhil in the UK and exhibit my thesis.

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Hi where there is a will there is a way! I graduated with a Third Class Hons degree in 1994 in History but discovered another subject years later and did a Masters in it and got a distinction and funding for a research degree. You are judged by more recent study and qualifications and good references so do a Masters first.

Sounds like you have your mind made up. You could either follow your supervisor or transfer your research elsewhere by finding alternative supervision. This means stepping out of your comfort zone and may cost more but you will not regret this in the long run.