I am having a hard time with my PhD studies, and I think I need some advice. The problem is not that my experiments are not working, but rather my lab has ran out of research funding and my head of school want me to switch supervisors, which means starting all over again....orz
I started PhD beginning of this year at a uni in Sydney. Recently my supervisor told me that research funding for my project has "disappeared", and asked me to change supervisors. I went to my postgraduate coordinator and head of school and told them that I want to continue on with the same project so that the time I spent this year doesn't go down the toilet, but they said that the school doesn't have the necessary expertise and resources for me to continue on with the same project, and said that all they can do is find me a new project and I would have to start all over...with a year of my time wasted for nothing....essentially restarting my PhD.
It's not that it's my fault that the uni ran out of resources for me to do my project, and now they are getting me to cop it all
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Can you switch schools? What sort of experiment have you been working on?
The lab that I work in is at UNSW, at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences. Actually today I had another meeting with my postgrad coordinator and my head of school.
My postgrad coordinator asked: why are you so conerned about having to repeat another year of univeristy?
At that moment I though this guy must be fcked in the head because the answer is so obvious...why WOULD i want to stay for another year??!! It's not like you pay me anything, I'm not even on a scholarship...orz
At that moment I finally know why people say PhD stands for "Permanent Head Damage"..............
Have you considered taking school overseas? I know that UC Berkelely has excellent credentials in your particular field. Perhaps a transfer can be arranged? It doesn't have to be just at UNSW, does it?
>At that moment I finally know why people say PhD stands for "Permanent Head Damage"..............
My father once told me:
BS - Bull shit
MS - More Shit
Phd - Piled high and Deep
Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I could transfer.
Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I could transfer.
I'm starting a blog about this PhD crap
http://phdnightmare.blogspot.com/
please do come and have a look if interested and spread the word around
now that i read it again, it seems a bit wierd. i mean why would they do that?
keep us posted. i really wanna know why they would reject the co-supervisor.
glad things are looking up for you PHDguy
Haha, I agreed, Phd sux alot especially when u have a supervisor who is not helping you but rather pinpointing your errors. Worst still if u have a co-supervisor who is having prejudice against you. That sux, not only u learnt nothing technically, but u gain nothing in the end.
Not sure if I am doing the correct thing in doing a Phd now.
Feel like quiting it out earlier.
MY ADVICE FOR PEOPLE DUN WASTE TIME DOING PHD UNLESS U ARE SICK IN UR MIND.
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Hey the blog has been removed, lol I just got interested on continuing my school.
Just started my PhD, I'm a bit demotivated at the moment and i think it is the worst time to be so (at the start).
D:
Try to change universities and look for someone who has expertise in the area and you might negotiate to be able to do the same project.
Disregard that, all cool now
I considered doing a PhD after my BSc, but then I realised that I don't actually want to be an academic, I just want to acquire more specialist knowledge in a certain field (geology).