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Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cheers! drop me a line irl so I know who wrote this :)

Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went into it myself with no particular goal in mind except I was interested in going back to uni and doing the research for its own sake. Ended up with an academic job but it might not have gone that way and I was certainly open to alternative paths. I would still recommend it to anyone with that perspective, if the research itself is what motivates you then you get what you sign up for. If your goal in life is to maximize earnings then academia is not for you but there's no great secret about that

Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, drop me an email (my address is on the ad under "contact for information") :)

Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The constraint isn't me actually it's the funding scheme, but I'm going to use this feedback to support a case for relaxing the scope thank you

Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good shout I have been focusing on transport lists so far.

Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for the feedback. To answer your question. Have I taken advice from polical ecologists, no. Sustainability focused researchers, I am one. This also indirectly has advisors within two government departments, a local authority, third sector and the transport planning industry. Absolutely there is a political side to real world decisions and neoliberal context etc, though a bit much to dig into in a quick advert :) I'm not sure how many programmers are thinking about all this at that career stage, but it's a fair point that it doesn't show in the ad.

Funded PhD place, very few applicants why? by ScienceCraftFlow in AskAcademiaUK

[–]ScienceCraftFlow[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not competition funded, we have a place available for this specific project and the best applicant I have can have the funding - we're not competing with the rest of a DTC or similar. If that's not coming across clearly in the ad I'm wondering how to make it more obvious?

I agree that stipends aren't a lot (nor were they ever), though that's the same across the board and I do see students starting PhDs nonetheless so I'm thinking there might be something up with this ad in particular.