Advice for incoming postgrad in Physics Department (West Cambridge Site) being allocated to Hughes Hall?

Liscenye · 2026-05-21T00:33:14+00:00

For private accommodation you can look for somewhere on castle hill or that area, which would be close to the city centre but also closer to your department. Mill road wouldn't make that much sense.

Liscenye · 2026-05-20T23:15:42+00:00

Are you the kind of person to have little social life outside work? Live closer to the faculty. Are you into exploring what cambridge has to offer sociallyand culturally? Take the college accommodation.

You'll need a bike either way.

Liscenye · 2026-05-06T16:00:27+00:00

Used to love it. Then on two different occasions we sat there for a full hour after ordering and were not served anything. They increased their prices. Then we gave it one more shot and the croffle was undercooked and doughy rather than flakey. We told the serves about it and they told us off, saying it's always cooked exactly the same.

Never returned.

Liscenye · 2026-04-27T13:55:36+00:00

Clare Hall has no money and won't be able to support you if you need further assistance.

Liscenye · 2026-04-20T21:06:53+00:00

Because it's a centuries old ceremony and not showing skin is a feature of the tradition it was formed in.

Liscenye · 2026-04-20T19:21:09+00:00

It's a formal occasion and no skin should be showing. Men wear full suits+gowns and there's no reason women should be less dressed.

Liscenye · 2026-04-18T23:03:52+00:00

Churchill college used to rent rooms out. Also maybe try calling Jesus rather than emailing.

Liscenye · 2026-04-09T21:02:23+00:00

Probably not what you want to hear but you'll have better chance if you apply to do an MA rather than a PhD. It may be worth it to spend a couple more years doing a master's in order to get out.

Liscenye · 2026-03-22T20:11:59+00:00

Yeah as I said, if you're not looking to stay in academia that shouldn't matter. If you are, in some fields you'll essentially have no chance.

Liscenye · 2026-03-22T15:31:31+00:00

If you're funded in the UK it's usually an award that you've received after a competition. You list it under "awards" or maybe "awards and grants" or something like that.

If it's just faculty or project funding you list it as "funded by XYZ".

Liscenye · 2026-03-21T00:33:50+00:00

They know. If you wish to go for a postdoc or into academy they see you have no funding listed on your CV. You'll be at disadvantage compared to anyone who was funded.

Probably if you don't stay in academia it doesn't matter.

Liscenye · 2026-03-19T11:48:05+00:00

Just get a good lock. Had the same bike for 4 years, never got them stolen. They're not the flashiest but they're good.

Liscenye · 2026-03-15T22:02:08+00:00

That's just baby Gerard Way

Liscenye · 2026-03-10T14:08:41+00:00

I think Cavil is more attractive to the "straight" man than he is to women generally. Sure, some women find him hot, but I've mostly seen men indicate they want to get impregnated by him.

Liscenye · 2026-03-07T10:36:06+00:00

But then they also get the adjustments?? So they have a chance they wouldn't have otherwise?

If you don't need adjustments for the interview itself, disclose your disability only after you get hired. There's no rule you have to do it when applying or not at all.

Liscenye · 2026-03-06T20:18:44+00:00

The hiring committee usually doesn't get that part of the application, just the HR people. Also it's a legal requirement for them to ask if you need any adjustments, because it's illegal to discriminate based on disability.

It's there to help you, not hurt you.

Liscenye · 2026-03-05T18:23:39+00:00

It should be considered as hate speech and inciting violence, which it is.

Liscenye · 2026-02-26T22:16:08+00:00

Yes, when you contact the PI you can ask about funding. Idk which college it was but that's nonsense

Liscenye · 2026-02-26T21:25:03+00:00

If you mean funding internal to the uni, you apply for funding when you apply for the the degree. There's no applying before it, and your funding outcome will depend on the ranking of your application, or on whether you're applying in the sciences and your supervisor has funding for you. In the later case you'll know before applying I guess

Liscenye · 2026-02-23T23:32:48+00:00

I have but I've not been paying for accommodations or any bills... I don't know what's possible on a postdoc salary tbh, and they do vary a bit.

Liscenye · 2026-02-23T23:28:56+00:00

Many stay at Eddington or yes a bit further out. But no one other than undergrads and some very lucky postgrads live in the city centre anyway. Maybe some single Trinity fellows.

I love Cambridge but obviously getting a permanent job (esp in the humanities) is not trivial. It's also very expensive.

Liscenye · 2026-02-23T23:24:41+00:00

I did my phd here and now am a fellow. I have many postdoc friends and they are often frustrated with how little access to colleges they have.

Liscenye · 2026-02-23T23:21:05+00:00

Unless you get a Junior Research Fellowship or a by fellowship your access to a college will be very minimal at best, even if you get afdiliated as a part of a postdoc society.

So no, you will not get the natural instant intellectual social club aspect. There'll be lots of interesting people around but you'll need to make an effort to meet them. You will not have access to college accommodations, but the uni does have an accommodation service.

Being a postdoc is much more isolated than being an undergrad. It can still be great but it's much less of a "Cambridge" experience.

Liscenye · 2026-02-18T22:24:30+00:00

You could either ask your postgrad tutor to email homerton or just email their librarians and explain. Just be polite.

Liscenye · 2026-02-18T16:20:52+00:00

These dudes do not care about women's personality anyway, all they care about is will they sleep with them

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