Hi Bewildered,

So helpful thank you. Especially the link to Croatia's academy. All of your suggestions are helpful because they give me a springboard to begin this process, until coming here I just didn't have a clue where to begin.

I am feeling transformed in my confidence thanks so much to the kind support of yourself and Ady. I am so grateful to you both for your time and generosity of support.

Thank you,
Liberty

Dear Ady,

I am extremely grateful to you for a most comprehensive and as such helpful reply. Especial useful was: "normally people approach the uni first and then go looking for funding. A funding organisation is unlikely to give you the monies unless you can assure them where, when and what you'll be studying. To be honest it's not really a linear process, each step influences the other. "

This has been very reassuring. I think my muddle was related to a sense that the process is not linear and that sort of stumped me before getting off the blocks so to speak, didn't know where to start.

So, if I want to study in a particular european country (1st choice Croatia) are you suggesting that I establish a relationship with them/supervisor and then set about securing funding? That seems to me to make sense. I suppose my question at this stage is then one of likelihood that a UK based institution albeit related to my area of study would be interested in funding a british citizen to study outside of the U.K. I suppose all these questions as you intimate, cannot be addressed in a formulaic way.

I wasn't sure what influenced what- funding over course or course over funding!

I felt so down about it all (overwhelmed with where to start) and you have given me much to work with and I'm really grateful to you.

Many thanks,
Lib

Is there anyone reading that can help or direct me to another website that may be able to?

Thank you!

Hello all,

I have spent days trawling through acres upon acres of webpages and I am still so confused as to how to begin trying to find funding to fit with my circumstances.

I am a british citizen living in Croatia. I would like to undertake doctoral research with a supervisor from one of the following universities: Zagreb, Belgrade- Serbia, Sarajevo-Bosnia or Ljubljana-Slovenia. As far as I am aware none of these institutions offer funded programmes, but I have been offered the opportunity to be supervised by professor(s) at at least one of these institutions.

My research field is conflict transformation in post-conflict societies (from a psychoanalytic perspective).

My question is where do I start? Do I approach the universities aforementioned with my proposal and then try and find funding or do I find funding and then approach the insitution.

If it is the latter, how on earth can I convince any funding body to sponser a british citizen looking to undertake her research in a european (possibly non EU reg.) nation. And who would such a funder likely to be??

Urrrgh, it's so confusing and any help out of this maze I've got stuck in would be so dearly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Lib

hey coastman,

you know your post made me smile. I was glad for it. The tone here is too serious.

I did a year of my BA in the states, Cornell, (us politics) but am now 'movin-on/keepin'on' studyin' in the u.k.

I'm such a dumb-ass. I now realise that my PhD is indeed a training oriented doctorate and as such somewhat 'deviant' from the 'regular' channels of study at this level.

Keep smilin'- suits you,
xx

Thanks 404, that makes sense and fits with what I managed to find out in between yours and my last post.

Cheers

I'm aware it seems something of a daft question.However, I am being presented in balck and white with a choice of registering for a doctorate (2-3 years) which is being explained as a shorter less intense reserach option than the (a) PhD.

My subject area is psychoanalysis...maybe that explains everything and nothing.

Hi,
Am wondering if anyone can explain to me what the difference between the two are?

I have completed my Masters & am being encouraged to develop my research interests by registering on the doctorate. I have been advised that after about 18 months I may then decide to transfer onto the PhD.

When I asked my supervisor what the difference is, she said a matter of 30, 000 words and that's it. Seems odd that I could complete a doctorate level of study in 3 years and walk away with the same award as someone who studies for 6 producing a few more chapters?

If anyone can expand upon my superivor's explanation I'd be grateful.

Many thanks,
Lib