Greetings all I will finish my Mphil mid 2011, looking at entry to US PhD programme thereafter.
I am a little worried regarding my ability to live and finance myself on a PhD.
I have seen figures for Stipend ranging from 16K to 30K etc
Just a couple of questions?
Is a stipend tax free
Do any PhD's include Housing
I am currently working as an RA for a lecturer at the moment, I will enter a PhD with 18 months RA experience
Would the Uni where I would hopefully take up a PhD employee me as an RA or what is the possibility for lecture hours
In essence, I am looking to budget and plan how I will survive, as I would not like to go into debt and run up credit cards etc
Much appreciated