By Rebecca Ratcliffe. Completing a PhD requires brains, guts, perseverance – and a loyal friend. Whether it’s your mum, your supervisor or your football team, every PhD student has a source of inspiration that helps them keep going, even when they’re up to their eyeballs in reading. More...06 décembre 2014
Who did you dedicate your PhD thesis to? Share your stories
By Rebecca Ratcliffe. Completing a PhD requires brains, guts, perseverance – and a loyal friend. Whether it’s your mum, your supervisor or your football team, every PhD student has a source of inspiration that helps them keep going, even when they’re up to their eyeballs in reading. More...Was Shakespeare gay, and does it matter?
By John Sutherland. Although not a new question, its re-emergence is germane to the interpretation of his plays, and not just a scholars’ spat. More...Could a portfolio career be for you?
By Sarah Dawood. If a conventional graduate position doesn’t appeal, you could combine several interests and build a portfolio career. More...10 ways to make the most of your time as a PhD student
By Alison Garden. Get involved in events, join the chatter on Twitter – and don’t be put off by annoying words like ‘networking’. As numerous articles on this network have stated, it can be tough doing a PhD: you might not have the best relationship with your supervisor, you might be poor, you might be overworked. We all know that it’s getting increasingly tough to get a lecturing job or a postdoctoral position. More...Postgraduate borrowers ‘would face 50 per cent tax’
By . George Osborne’s postgraduate loans plan would mean borrowers having upwards of 50 per cent of their salary deducted when they repay. More...
Postgraduate loans welcomed, but what about mature students?
By . Loans of up to £10,000 to be available for master’s students under the age of 30.
The chancellor George Osborne’s plan to introduce postgraduate loans of up to £10,000 has been broadly welcomed by the sector. More...
Postgraduate loans of £10K announced by George Osborne
By . The chancellor has announced that the government will introduce a postgraduate loans system offering £10,000 to young students. More...
‘Crick of the North’ confirmed for Manchester
By . But centre for advanced materials will still have “satellites” in Oxbridge and London as well as Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield. More...
Student charters should be ‘brought to life’, says report
By . Universities need to do more to “bring to life” their student charters, which set out what students can expect of their higher education experience. More...
Two universities to benefit from East London development
By . The government has awarded more than £140 million to develop a new Education and Cultural Quarter in London at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More...
