Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 >What do people do to get a PhD then? Well I haven't got one but my partner has. Basically you do whatever you are interested in and make a worthwhile contribution to the subject. I suppose in physics that would mean investigating a particular hypothesis. Some masters are like that too, although you can also get course driven ones which are just like formalized education. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 What has your partner got his/her PhD in? Another nosey question for Michael, this has been something I have wondered about for months now! Where does the name you use " Mavreela " come from? Lesley Mavreela [nec.lists] 24 April 2002 14:44 PhDs [OT] (was my physics teacher) >What do people do to get a PhD then? Well I haven't got one but my partner has. Basically you do whatever you are interested in and make a worthwhile contribution to the subject. I suppose in physics that would mean investigating a particular hypothesis. Some masters are like that too, although you can also get course driven ones which are just like formalized education. Michael ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard. --------------------------- Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 Ian's back... -------------------- Forwarded Message Follows -------------------- ianm-home > >>What do people do to get a PhD then? > >Well I haven't got one but my partner has. Basically you do whatever you >are interested in and make a worthwhile contribution to the subject. I >suppose in physics that would mean investigating a particular >hypothesis. Some masters are like that too, although you can also get >course driven ones which are just like formalized education. > This sounds like a question to draw me out of the woodwork . The " original contribution " has to be " significant " , usually the equivalent of two or three papers, and (in the UK) written up into a 100,000-odd word thesis. In theory, it takes around three years. Some single-minded folk do it in two (I do not envy them), many in more. The last stage - writing the thesis, being examined on it, and making corrections - usually becomes something you do in your free time for many years after the grant runs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 do they get paid for doing one? > > Mavreela [nec.lists] > > >What do people do to get a PhD then? > > Well I haven't got one but my partner has. Basically you do > whatever you > are interested in and make a worthwhile contribution to the > subject. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 They can get a grant for doing one, otherwise they have to pay a fee, but I don't think they get paid. , Oliver Slay <oliver@l...> wrote: > do they get paid for doing one? > > > > > Mavreela [nec.lists@m...] > > > > >What do people do to get a PhD then? > > > > Well I haven't got one but my partner has. Basically you do > > whatever you > > are interested in and make a worthwhile contribution to the > > subject. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 Why are you having to forward stuff from Ian, is he having trouble posting? Hello again Ian, I was wondering where you were these days. Lesley Mavreela [nec.lists] 24 April 2002 15:04 Fwd: PhDs [OT] (was my physics teacher) Ian's back... -------------------- Forwarded Message Follows -------------------- ianm-home > >>What do people do to get a PhD then? > >Well I haven't got one but my partner has. Basically you do whatever you >are interested in and make a worthwhile contribution to the subject. I >suppose in physics that would mean investigating a particular >hypothesis. Some masters are like that too, although you can also get >course driven ones which are just like formalized education. > This sounds like a question to draw me out of the woodwork . The " original contribution " has to be " significant " , usually the equivalent of two or three papers, and (in the UK) written up into a 100,000-odd word thesis. In theory, it takes around three years. Some single-minded folk do it in two (I do not envy them), many in more. The last stage - writing the thesis, being examined on it, and making corrections - usually becomes something you do in your free time for many years after the grant runs out. ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard. --------------------------- Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2002 Report Share Posted April 24, 2002 >Why are you having to forward stuff from Ian, is he having trouble posting? I think it was just a mistake in replying that it came to me not the group, it happens time to time, I don't mind, I just forwarded it whole. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 I just replied from a different address, is all. Lesley Dove wrote: > > Why are you having to forward stuff from Ian, is he having trouble posting? > Hello again Ian, I was wondering where you were these days. > > Lesley > -- Ian McDonald http://www.mcdonald.me.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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