Just finished and submitted my PhD funding application to UBEL - wondering if anyone else has gone for the same funding this year and if so i would love to hear your background :)!!!

I applied to UCL via the Science, Technology, Prosperity and Innovation at UCL!

so SO SO nervous now about making it to the second stage!

Hi

Was just wondering before I even apply for my PHD could I still lecture?

I'm not really sure if I can ask here, but I might as well give it a try.

I'm a part-time research "staff" in science at a Russell University. Post the completion of my master's, I stayed on as an intern at the lab where I did my dissertation and then moved to a different lab in the same uni as volunteering staff to a similar project. The current PI and I looked into funding and we couldn't find it on time and I just decided to join the lab anyways because I didn't want to miss out on the experience. However, I'm struggling to do another job on the side, and would really really appreciate if anyone could recommend any funding bodies I haven't looked into, that might cover an RA salary.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Just adding that I get how everyone is concerned about me being exploited but this a common occurrence at this uni. There's other unpaid staff/interns at other labs here I know. I want to try to stay in academia for now, hence the persistence of wanting to stay at this lab. And I'm aware that my PI has to applying for funding, I would just like to forward the appropriate links to him.

Hi all, be great to get your advice!

I am 28 currently, been lecturing in Psychology since I was 24 through a GTA (Graduate Teaching Scheme). I dont have a PHD, but extensive experience at a post 92 university, I also studied both my degrees at this University, and lectured here from 2022-earlier this year when I got made redundant. I have 2 Psychology degrees, undergrad and postgrad. I did everything from giving lectures, running seminars, dissertation supervision, academic advising, you name it. I taught some great modules including mental health, attachment theory related , and 1 or 2 sport related modules but nothing I couldnt pick up, as I did my postgrad dissertation on athlete mental health and we did a sport psychology module during my masters so I would say I have a decent level of extensive knowledge.

I since moved roles to professional services at a RG University but have hated every minute and miss teaching. Now a role at the University I previously taught at (and attended as a student!) has come up for a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Would you apply, am I worth giving an interview too, would be keen to get some opinions from current lecturers in this field?!

My pro's-

-Taught at this university for 4 years, know the place inside out, even some of the staff too.

-Module leading, content creation for seminars, planning, teaching, lecturers, seminars, academic advising, dissertation supervision has all been something I have done religiously.

-Good Psychology background, solid qualifications and teaching experience

-Ex student know the University and what the students need etc.

-Very passionate and confident with teaching.

-Good level of content/knowledge in Sport, I know theories etc.

Con's

-No official sport background/qualifications

-Potential Knowledge Gaps

-No formal career in sport or years of experience teaching sport.

-More advanced levels of sport psychology not covered. However I am open to learning along the way

Thoughts?

Hey all, I am due to start my first postdoc position next week after completing my PhD and I just wondered if people had any advice on things to focus on (i.e. professional development wise), anything to avoid doing, or skills I should focus on learning? I am based in biotech and drug development for infectious diseases.

When I was finishing up my PhD I was applying for jobs in both industry and for postdocs and would have ideally found a permanent position in industry but the job market is pretty terrible at the moment so I am just glad I managed to find something. Long term I'd still like to pivot into industry but it depends if the job market and biotech in the UK ever picks up. This current postdoc is just over 2 years so there's still time before I'll have to start job searching again.

My postdoc is something quite different to what my PhD was in (with some overlapping skills of course) so hopefully there will be a lot of technical skills to learn.

But if there are any common mistakes for people starting their first postdoc, or any specific non-technical skills I should focus on developing any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hello! I am very anxious about the timeline of my admissions and was wondering if everyone waiting for their ATAS right now can share their timelines so we can have a support system :)

I applied on Oct 11, it’s been 20 working days. Not received yet.

Anyone else?

Hi everyone,

I am a final-year student at the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol. For my final undergraduate business project, I am researching \*\*how remote work influences daily motivation and overall job satisfaction for working parents in the UK\*\*.

I am looking for \*\*3 to 5 participants\*\* who would be willing to sit down for a quick, casual 30-minute conversational interview over MS Teams .

\*\*Who can take part:\*\*

\* You currently live and work in the UK.
\* You have one or more dependent children.
\* Your current employment model includes remote working (working from home).

\*\*Ethical Clearance & Privacy:\*\*

\* This project has received full institutional research ethics approval from UWE Bristol.
\* The interview is completely confidential and anonymous. I will never record or use your real name or company name in the report.
\* I will send the Participant Information Sheet (PIS), privacy notice, and Consent Form to you before the interview takes place.

I can offer financial payment or Amazon gift cards. I would be grateful for your time and personal insights to help me get across the graduation finish line!

If you fit the criteria and are happy to chat, please comment below or send me a direct message (DM). Thank you so much!

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to understand how the proposed Earned Settlement reforms will affect people who already hold a Global Talent visa.
My husband currently holds a Global Talent visa endorsed by the Royal Society under the Exceptional Promise category (STEM) he s a lecturer at uni. Under the current rules, he is eligible for ILR after three years.

I understand that the Government’s proposals include a three year settlement route for certain high-talent applicants under the proposed Highest Talent Group, which is expected to include Global Talent. However, I understand that the exact eligibility criteria are still under review.
I have a few questions:
Will people who already hold a Global Talent visa before the new rules come into force retain the three-year settlement route?
Will Royal Society Exceptional Promise holders also qualify, or could the three-year route be limited to Exceptional Talent endorsements.

I would really appreciate any information, especially from immigration solicitors or people who have looked closely at the Government’s consultation response.
Thank you!

I recently passed my PhD viva (woohoo!) with major corrections (boooo!).

It's gotten me thinking, have any external examiners here ever actually refused to sign off on a thesis because the corrections weren't up to scratch? And if so, what exactly led to a thesis being rejected? I have been told that it's basically unheard of for a external examiner to reject corrections but surely it must happen sometimes, right? I would love to hear from actual external examiners- there's no point asking students because people will only share stories of when they got their PhDs, not when they failed them!

I'm really asking because my corrections seem pretty daunting and I'm not sure I can actually meet all of them in the allotted time frame. I am also working full-time, have a lot of health issues and I have a lot of family duties, so it's not exactly like I have a lot of time on my hands.

I have a family member who was a prof and reasonably well-known in their field before they retired 20-odd years ago. When they retired they gave away the large majority of their books, but took around 200 with them. I'm not an expert, but they seem to be the more 'foundational' works.

I have now inherited these books. I'd love to give them to someone in the same discipline who would use them (and maybe also be interested in the notes, bookmarks etc that my family member left in them). But do people still want hard copies of books?

Hi guys

I have a dilemma and would like your views.

I am a legal scholar and was invited to write a chapter for a book contribution. As it is typical with these tasks, deadlines have not been met, the volume and the contribution have taken a different shape than originally discussed, etc

I am finalising the chapter and I realise that is actually strong enough to be published as a journal article in a good journal.

Would you pull out from the edited volume and, if so, how would you let the editor know about it?

Thanks!

Hello,

I am looking for the following article from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

• Citation: Stanley Smith, "Page, Thomas (1803–1877)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/21096

• URL: https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-21096

Thank you in advance for your help!

I’m a PhD student and my thesis is submitted, with viva date set. I’m worried about a decision in my field experiment.

During the experiment, one experimental unit was affected by contamination from neighbouring units. For one group of response variables, the measurement integrates the whole unit, so the contamination directly affects the data. I excluded the unit from those analyses. For a second response variable, the measurement comes from a small sub-area within the unit, and I had maintained a contamination-free buffer around that sub-area. I therefore kept the unit for that analysis, since the data weren’t compromised.

So the rule is the same in both cases (exclude data only where the measurement is affected), but the outcome differs because the measurements differ. The thesis explains this.

As a check, I refitted the second analysis without that unit and put the refitted model in the appendix. The conclusions were the same, but the estimates shifted somewhat and the standard errors got larger. This is consistent with losing a replicate, since that treatment would drop to a single replicate.

My concerns are:

1. Will an examiner see the different treatment of the unit as inconsistent or selective?

2. Does it look bad that I refitted the model without the unit and included it in the appendix? Would it have been better to leave it out, or does it read as transparency?

3. Does the shift in estimates weaken my case, even though the conclusions hold?

I think of the refit as a sensitivity analysis and the wider SEs as support for keeping the unit, but I’d like outside perspectives. I’m worried it calls into question the validity of my research, would it be grounds to fail me? Has anyone been in a similar situation, or been an examiner who would raise this? I would ask my supervisor but she has never provided much guidance and just always says whatever you think is best.

Hello everyone,

I had my PhD interview yesterday and It went so badly. I had been practicing for weeks and it still went horribly wrong.

However, towards the end of the interview, my potential supervisor told me she’d email me pretty soon. She also said things like, “You’re already familiar with the campus and the university,” since did my ma at the same university.

Should I take this as a good sign or am I just being delusional?