By Suzannah Evans When I decided last year that I might apply to do a practice-led PhD in creative writing, and sat down to research the application process, I found a lot of facts and advice from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and from universities, but very little from real people in a similar … Continue reading
by Rebecca Booth Janus is the two-faced Roman god of transition, and a fitting symbol for the multiple roles of a part-time PhD student. I work full-time at the University of Oxford, and am a part-time MPhil student at the University of Roehampton, reading Cultural Studies. Currently in my second year of a four-year programme, … Continue reading
Quick trivia question: When was the first PhD awarded? Personally, I would have guessed at the Middle Ages and Oxford University. In fact, the first PhD was awarded in Paris in 1150. Oxford did not award a PhD (or DPhil there) until 1917, so the UK was very late to the party. The origins of … Continue reading
So here you are, living the dream: maybe funded, part funded or not at all, but either way managing somehow to do a PhD. What a privilege! Organising your time exactly as you please, exploring an intellectual field that fascinates you, surrounded by like-minded people and having your horizons broadened every day. So why is … Continue reading