plankton890
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13 minutes ago, Concordia said:
Doesn't their website direct you to any of those regulations?
In general, writing and (to an extent) researching a dissertation doesn't have to be done in their classrooms. But I would guess that every one of the UK universities slices that problem a little differently.
Found an old regulation of theirs that mentions residence requirements to be: student must be in Edinburgh, and can be away for 15 months in total including field work/academic research. I am not sure how it works in practice, and if permissions for longer than 15 months can be granted in case of long term partnerships/family situations.
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Hi everyone! I had applied for PhD programs in Social Intervention/Education at Oxford and Edinburgh. Received offers from both, and a scholarship from Edinburgh (awaiting funding decisions from Oxford).
In the meantime, I have a query about doing a PhD at Edinburgh if anybody here has an insight into it! Does anyone know/have an idea of the residency requirements there? My partner works in London, so I'd ideally like to move in with him after my fieldwork is completed in my second year of the PhD, and then write up my PhD from there. Does anyone know if this is possible and whether there are any procedures to make this happen? Do you feel that Edinburgh Uni will be fine with someone moving away for the final 1 - 1.5 years of their PhD?
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Hi everyone! This is not a strictly Oxford-related query but I hope you can help! I have received a scholarship in Edinburgh for a PhD Education. Does anyone know/have an idea of the residency requirements there? My partner works in London, so I'd ideally like to move in with him after my fieldwork is completed in my second year of the PhD, and then write up my PhD from there. Does anyone know if this is possible and whether there are any procedures to make this happen? I know Oxford has a residence requirement too, that you should be in Oxford for six terms (or something), do you feel other universities in the UK will be fine with someone moving away for the final 1 - 1.5 years of their PhD?
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5 minutes ago, louasdf123 said:
Yeah you too! Let me know when you get your result! Finger crossed!
I will! I hope you let me know too -- the last time when they pushed my application to be evaluated with the January round, I didn't even know till I wrote to them..I think they got my email wrong/forgot to email or something :/ Glad I can now check with someone else lol
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1 minute ago, louasdf123 said:
No this is the only program I applied for lol... Edinburgh sounds great! I heard that UK universities do not usually offer fully-funded scholarships so that's why I am planning to apply for multiple fundings if I get in.. Oh my...
Well, I suppose they are not like US PhDs where there's more funding, but there are definitely a number of fully funded scholarships! Clarendon funding and departmental scholarships in my case for the DPhil at Oxford - let's see what happens though!
Good luck with your apps!
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2 minutes ago, louasdf123 said:
Yeah I am planning to apply for external funding resources but anyways I still need to wait until the result comes out and decide...did you apply for other programs?
Yeah, I have received an offer from Edinburgh, but no word on funding (yet) from them. Have you applied anywhere else? Good luck with your scholarship apps! I am pretty much relying on university funding if I get in.
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1 minute ago, louasdf123 said:
Ohhhhh noooo I hate the wait :((( Yeah I guess you are right...hopefully next week we can hear back from them. This is slowing down my scholarship application as well (in case I got in)....
Oh damn, that is unfortunate! Is this for an external scholarship? I guess the university scholarships are all automatic ones..
Really hope we hear soon!
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23 minutes ago, louasdf123 said:
Hey did you hear anything back?
I am still waiting!!
No, I haven't heard anything from the Department either
Argh! I suppose we won't be hearing anything this week seeing as it's Friday and there's been nothing so far..
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2 minutes ago, louasdf123 said:
Hey friend thanks so much for replying! I did e-mail a potential supervisor before submitting the application and she said I can list her as the secondary supervisor as she is not a permanent staff at DSPI....Anyways hopefully the result will come out soon! I am so done with the wait haha!
Oh great! It should be okay then. Me too -- I just want to know, one way or another!
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2 hours ago, louasdf123 said:
Hey! I went back to the post and found that you did your master degree in the department, so I am wondering did you hear from people who also hold their master degree in the department (and applied for the program as well) say that the interviews are not required since the faculty has already known them? Or did you get this info from successful applicants from other universities? I got a chance to email two DPhill students who both finished their master degrees at DSPI and they told me they were not asked to have the interview since the supervisor had already known them...I am a bit worry about this since I am not holding a master from the department and don't know if it has to do with the interview process...
Hey! Yeah I do have an MSc from DSPI, and know my potential supervisors. I am not sure if that is why they have not reached out for an interview so far -- no idea! In answer to your question though, yes, I did speak to someone who did their MSc from DSPI as well, and they had no interview either. I don't think it necessarily relates to whether or not you did your MSc at DSPI, but whether you had contact with your potential supervisors before you submitted your application, and whether they were familiar with your topic/informally agreed to take you on...? That is just my take on it.
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41 minutes ago, louasdf123 said:
Good to know! Yeah it is said that we can expect the results come around 8-10 weeks after the deadline, which is coming soon! Hope we can get the results by the end of this month...Anyway fingers crossed! No news is good news lol
Yeah fingers crossed! Good luck with your application!
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9 minutes ago, louasdf123 said:
Hey same here! I have applied for the same program by the January deadline and haven't heard anything... I emailed the admission office and asked them about the interview timeline for shortlisted candidates on Feb 10th and the person said that they couldn't guarantee the timings at that moment. Did your supervisor talk about anything about the interview process? It seems like the interview is required on the department website but I am kind of confused as people also say sometimes it is not if your supervisor has already know you...
Yay, a fellow applicant! No, I haven't heard back anything about the interview either. From what I have heard, interviews are not always held -- some candidates get offers without an interview as well. I figure that we will get to know the results by March end anyway, and they can't delay much more than that! So I am just trying to let it go and not think about it too much.
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On 3/6/2017 at 6:17 PM, Scheacc said:
I have applied to DPhil Social Policy by the same deadline. I have not heard anything yet. Fingers crossed!
Delay in response from them also limits my time to prepare for external scholarships, in case I am accepted.
Oooooh I have applied for the DPhil Social Intervention. I haven't heard anything either
It's driving me a bit crazy at this point because I submitted my app in November and then got pushed to the January deadline. My supervisor said the panel is meeting this week and I think we should know latest by next week.
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Hi everyone! Just checking in to see how things are going. I have applied for a DPhil with the Department of Social Policy & Intervention on November 18 but received an email in January that my application was pushed to the Jan deadline. I finished my MSc in the same Department in 2015-16 and know my supervisors pretty well. Experiencing lots of anxiety and checking my email a lot but I don't think I can hope to hear back before March. Anyone applying to the same course/same department?
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True, Oxford does have that. There is no requirement to teach/attend seminars at Edinburgh but of course, I am "encouraged" to do so. Regardless, this would still be in my first two years, while I prep for/begin field work. My third year should really just be analysing the data and writing it up, so I am thinking they might be okay with my not being in Edinburgh for that (although I'd get have to get my supervisor on board with this..).