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Re: Nick teaches Colregs
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:14 pm
by Arghiro
I'll offer him a quid to P155 off for 4 years.
Re: Nick teaches Colregs
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:53 am
by marisca
Arghiro wrote:I'll offer him a quid to P155 off for 4 years.
You'll be lucky. Most PhD funding lasts for 3 years. The days of the ever-lasting PhD are long gone.
Re: Nick teaches Colregs
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:17 pm
by claymore
marisca wrote:Arghiro wrote:I'll offer him a quid to P155 off for 4 years.
You'll be lucky. Most PhD funding lasts for 3 years. The days of the ever-lasting PhD are long gone.
Perhaps the research is becoming lighter in weight and less time is required.....?
Re: Nick teaches Colregs
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:58 pm
by marisca
Dumbed down PhDs? Surely not!
Re: Nick teaches Colregs
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:11 pm
by sahona
marisca wrote: The days of the ever-lasting PhD are long gone.
I never went to Uni - apart from working as a lab technician in Glasgow's chemistry department for a few years in the '60's.
However, my youngest son went through the whole character-building rigmarole in Embra, and the only ever-lasting thing he mentioned was a peanut.
Explain the connection in less than 200 words. 25 marks.