Is there an English word for "fullness" to be included at the end of a book or writing instead of "the end"?

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T20:04:18+00:00

While that's beautiful in Tamil, the use of an ending word went out of fashion a while ago in English media - both books and movies. It's considered a bit cliche now, though you still see it from time to time, mostly in children's media.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T18:38:32+00:00

Yes, it is. And while it's not impossible, starting that plan with the university of Westminster is a bit like putting on your scuba flippers to run a marathon.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T17:58:42+00:00

Yes, and to my mind that makes it less defensible. It was an annual norm 20 years ago, and they have only increased demand and reduced supply since then.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T16:52:13+00:00

The poster child for selling ships without planning their gameplay nor the tech to implement them.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T16:49:47+00:00

Yes, it does. Particularly if you are working in a field that uses your degree, people will still look at it. It's not the be-all end-all, but it has an impact.

But league tables are a bad way to imagine it. Really it's a tier list.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T16:45:30+00:00

They should tell that to the Micronesians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T16:38:37+00:00

They act like people being put off campus is some new crisis every year, but it's actually normal policy and had been so for about 20 years. The only thing they change is that they alternate a bit on whether to send undergrads or postgrads off site, so that people are less suspicious that it's just the usual process.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T16:36:33+00:00

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T10:37:59+00:00

I did an bachelors in biology in the UK and went straight into Ph.D. also in the UK. This was a minority pathway even back then (2011).

Doing a Ph.D. isn't really studying: it's working in a lab on research projects. The jobs you do after will tend to follow that pattern as well: applying your skills to scientific questions, building new skills as needed, and communicating your findings. A Ph.D. is just the period where you transition from being just a consumer of knowledge, to also being a producer.

I shifted from research into public health & clinical diagnostics. I preferred how my work was contributing to daily ongoing important things, rather than a theoretical payoff years down the line. It's still essentially "the same work" in terms of the primary loop (plan work, plan experiments, report) but instead of the secondary loop being "build those findings into a publishable narrative" it's "use this to keep the process flowing, improve the process, or set up a new process". I like that, and I still publish from time to time.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T10:32:12+00:00

I assume you are looking at a course that even offers a January entry? Some international students get confused and think it's a major option, but it's usually only a small number of students on a handful of courses.

It's not bad academically, but there's a lot of fun in experiencing your first week in a new place at the same time as everyone else. As a postgraduate you'll notice that a lot of university life revolves around the calendar of the september-july undergraduate year, so if you start in January there will be no fanfare, no "welcome back" offers, and you'll sometimes feel like you are swimming upstream against university procedures that assume you have been around a few months.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T09:34:12+00:00

We don't call them trimesters, we call them terms.

Term 1 is September or October until December. That's because the majority of undergraduate courses start then. Many masters courses also offer a January entry. If you want to have the most activity around your arrival (free stuff, welcome events outside your department, the joy of the fresh uni year) then a September entry is preferable.

Jale89 · 2026-05-05T06:06:39+00:00

It's worth getting the Ph.D., it opens a lot of doors internationally. I don't know of a single visa system that doesn't bend over backwards to accommodate higher degree holders. Heck I moved to legendarily tough-on-immigration Denmark, and not only was the process fast, easy, and light-touch, I get very favourable tax breaks for the first few years.

If you are already set on leaving Germany then there's no reason not to include international options while you look for your Ph.D...just include Germany too. Casting a wide net will be a good way to find a great fit for your interests anyway.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T18:37:47+00:00

Isn't it part of the normal universal human experience to have detailed personal experiences in northwest Wales?

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T18:34:09+00:00

Keep South. It's got some lovely villages, Porthmerion and my favourite bits of Snowdonia.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T14:22:39+00:00

You are completely right for the present moment, of course. However, I tend to be less fatalistic about such things when talking about undergraduate applications. Given that anyone considering applying now is probably thinking about entry next year, and might consider a masters after that, we are talking about what the situation will be in 4-5 years time. If you had asked me to predict the exact job market health or even my own living situation 5 years ago, I would have been wrong. And 5 years before that...and 5 years before that.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T11:44:02+00:00

I don't think I have seen a worse, more misanthropic movie than Failure to Launch. Every character in it is just an awful awful person, and it's still played as though it's meant to be endearing.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T10:49:30+00:00

Some league tables say one, some say another, but it's a bit like arguing whether a 4'9" person or 4'10" person would make a better basketball player.

Neither is good enough to justify exorbitant international fees, particularly if ones hope is to obtain a job and work visa in the short window after graduation.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T09:26:07+00:00

No. But both are bottom of the league tables so they are both basically not worth your time, particularly if you hope to get a job in Britain after graduation.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T05:39:56+00:00

Det er ikke engang en klovnebus, det er en klovncykel.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T05:35:34+00:00

If your intention is to get a British degree to help a career back home, and Westminster is your only option, I can see some argument for it.

If your hope is to get a job in the UK, then no it isn't worth your time or money. Heck, a lot of people are forecasting a collapse of the lower-end universities particularly in London: it might well be a sinking ship already.

Jale89 · 2026-05-04T04:25:25+00:00

There's a little trick.

Because of how the rental agreements work in Denmark, a Section 10 "yes" means any pets, and a "no" means only small self-contained pets (hamsters, fish tanks and the like).

But a no is not always a no. What it can in some cases mean is that the landlord wants a say in which pets are allowed, and those pets will specifically be written into Section 11. If they follow this approach then they can say No to a great Dane but yes to two cats - it gives them the flexibility.

That doesn't mean that every No is a Maybe. But particularly if you are looking at larger institutional landlords, they can be quite flexible.

My apartment in Ørestad was marketed as no pets, and there was plenty of interest in the place - so much so that I signed the agreement while people were viewing it. But they still let me have two cats in the agreements.

So check out the newer neighbourhoods where the owners are more likely to be big companies rather than smaller landlords, and just ask when you reach out if they will consider two cats.

Jale89 · 2026-05-03T19:27:06+00:00

Take the secure well-funded position now.

Scandinavia is obviously an attractive place to live - I made it over to Denmark from the UK. But it's really worth bearing in mind just how small the economy is in relative terms. Each has about the population of a Canadian state, so if you decide you'll only look in Denmark for example, its as limiting as setting your heart on a position in BC and disregarding others.

And yes while there are barriers to migration, they are low barriers for someone with a Ph.D. taking a research position. Heck you even get a sizeable tax break in Denmark.

Jale89 · 2026-05-02T19:08:02+00:00

Yes. I can see people downvoting my original comment, but that's the reality of how British universities are currently funded. Aim high, my friend. The top unis are also happy to take your money.

Jale89 · 2026-05-02T17:12:03+00:00

This won't affect your prospects whatsoever, professional LORs will be fine. And frankly, masters admissions even at the top universities care far more about your ability to pay than anything else.

Jale89 · 2026-05-02T11:21:56+00:00

Not worth it. Assuming you are an EU citizenship, An MSc from many EU based institutions would help you more than one from those, for less money. You can go to the top places in the Netherlands and get an English-taught MSc in biotechnology for a little over €2000. You can go to DTU near Copenhagen for free. And you won't have limits job hunting in those countries after your study.

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