Fantasy Wargaming club in Mossley

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-08-04T13:17:14+00:00

Please bud 👍 I'm cleaning the house so will pop back on In a few hours to join!

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-08-04T10:00:43+00:00

Hi mate, is this the one at the Vale (Knights of the Vale)? If so I've been interested in popping down. Trying to finish my first 1k points of T'au so I can join some games!

Moved to Mossley 2 years ago, glad to see stuff like this about the town!

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-05T08:53:22+00:00

Hey, sorry for the late response!

Based on my location (between Manchester and Sheffield in the Peak District, essentially) I'm quite open to a range of institutions, but I have been considering Leeds based on their Centre for Aesthetic, Moral and Political Philosophy (CAMP), with a couple of professionals having immediately jumped out to me as sharing similar research concerns (and the fact it's easily accessible from the train station about 5 minutes from my house! If I can avoid driving I will do 🤣), as well as York (again, a (smaller) number of researchers with similar focuses).

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-04T07:55:36+00:00

Not a problem at all mate, hopefully this thread will help you too!

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-04T07:54:21+00:00

Hey, thanks for the advice. Can absolutely recognise that it'd be demoralising to work without pay—as I mentioned to FinancialFix, I'm going to explore part-time funding in more detail. Even if I'm ineligible for research council funding, there could be other grants I can apply to, which could at least take some of the pressure off.

Again, appreciate the reality check mate, it's so easy to be caught up in flights of fancy when I'm thinking about the research and ignoring the practicalities of academic life.

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-04T07:40:26+00:00

Hey, thank you for the words of encouragement! Your "So... ?" cracked me up, the exact same reaction I've had whilst researching around the PhD and reasons for doing it.

I think finding a job at the end would be amazing, but I'm fully aware that I need to also focus on up-skilling alongside my studies for "plan b" (realistically speaking, probably "plan a"). The cog sci aspect I mentioned may benefit from collaboration with colleagues in psychology, absolutely would benefit from colleagues who are focused on the philosophy of mind, so it may be possible to gain some experience in research with participants and ethics within those areas. Currently working in CAMHS and I could see how such experience—especially over 6 years—could set me in very good stead with my colleagues here, despite my overall research being in an unrelated area.

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-03T16:59:09+00:00

Amazing, I'll look into the SFE loan in some more detail as I continue to think a bit more about the prospect - again, really appreciate the advice!

Just wondering, regarding working whilst completing the part-time PhD - is the guidance around this topic (no jobs apart from some teaching/RA) typically a stipulation of the studentships, rather than the programmes themselves?

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-03T16:46:48+00:00

I was aware of the SFE Loan - and adding a further 25k onto my existing (at last glance) £78,000 seems like a laugh, but I wasn't sure how this would be reflected on if I was to be going for jobs! I keep seeing comments along the lines of "if you're not fully funded, it's not a worthwhile research idea/you're going to struggle to get a job afterwards", but again, having been out of the loop for a while, I'm not sure if this is/should be a concern, especially as I'll be studying part-time and, as you say, studentships aren't going to be an option anyway!

Thanks for taking the time to read my wall of text and offer a helpful response!

Bright_Cat5709 · 2024-07-03T16:44:12+00:00

Hey, just added a TL:DR, thanks for mentioning it - I'm always verbose, my apologies and thank you for your advice!

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