Which order should author names go in for academic publishing?

The persons whose work is presented including all figures and graphs, or the person who actually wrote most of the paper using the above work?

ex-postgraduate student even. I know what I meant even if know one else does.

I am a postgraduate student on not much more. I feel miffed that I am on such a low wage when I have a PhD under my belt most of the time. It seems the norm for people to start on circa 20k it seems regardless of qualification.

I used something called gnuplot (for windows)

I meant the whole thing sorry! Very hard to keep yourself motivated for so long.

Passed with minor modifications.

Hardest thing I have ever done. Chuffed I stuck at it and got to the end.

I have never had one before so I don't know what to expect. Any one any tips or reading literature they can reccomend?

It is 10 days away and I haven't started yet. Plus I work full time.

I don't actually know my subject area really well so I am really worried.

It can be as long as you like.

Mine is about 42,000

Yes I just came back as I twigged I hadn't put what area. I was thinking about Engineering.

I can't find any statistics on what people with PhDs are being paid in industry for there first job after completing.

Anyone any idea?

Give them a ring to ask.

It is a shame there isn't an edit post facility for when we make mistakes like that.

Perhaps there should be some more information on this for students.

I have since found out I am not entitled to claim for any government assistance (jobseekers allowance, housing benefit, etc) if I fail to find a job straight from finishing my Doctorate due to the shortfall in national insurance contributions. Luckily I am in a stable relationship so won't be living in a cardboard box just yet.

However for those of us who aren't so lucky to have family and partners then I am not sure how the government expects you to live in the interim of finding a job when you are not allowed to claim from them?

Further to this for anyone else who is registered part time writing up, very skint and hoped you maybe able to get some assistance whilst completing your thesis in readiness for a full-time job.

You are not entitled to a sausage from the government for gaining an education, not even allowed to claim for your contributions to be paid due to the shortfall in national insurance contributions.

Sorry should have been more clear. Any idea on what the average salary for a doctorate in a non-academic job is?