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  1. Hello! I am from Hong Kong. I got a BA degree in Social Policy with a 2:1 in 2013 with a Master degree in Global Political Economy in 2017. Originally I did not have a clear idea for a PhD, but during the process on making the term-end assignment for a Master course (About Disability Studies in China), I studied a lot of info. about it, I not only got a decent grade for this course, but also have a clearer idea on pursuing research on this topic. However, I did not immediately go for a try because I want to make it very clear if I should go for it, after 2 years of thinking. I decided to go for it in 2020 and started drafting my detailed PhD proposal and making contacts to possible supervisors (About Disability Studies in China). Till now, I got replied from 3 of them that they want to make further discussions on my proposed topic and advised me to make formal application and I do so. They are: a. Dr. Sarah Dauncey from University of Nottingham (It was recommended by a Professor in Oxford, she has sufficient experience on Chinese Studies, including the field on Disability Studies), b. Dr. Angharad Beckett form University of Leeds (She leads the University's Centre for Disability Studies) c. Prof. Alan Walker from The University of Sheffield (The most distinguish one among the threes, indeed he said he is willing to supervise me. He has a close connection to my alma mater, and he supervised lots of students from where I live, but I think he is not really specialized on my proposed topic, may he is a specialist on Gerontology) So what should I do now, when two of them wants to make further discussion about my topic as they are experienced, but a more distinguish one already showed his interest to supervise while he is not really fitting my interest? Should I told the rest that Prof. Walker is willing to supervise me? Please advice. Quote
  2. Hello! I am from Hong Kong. I got a BA degree in Social Policy with a 2:1 in 2013 with a Master degree in Global Political Economy in 2017. Originally I did not have a clear idea for a PhD, but during the process on making the term-end assignment for a Master course (About Disability Studies in China), I studied a lot of info. about it, I not only got a decent grade for this course, but also have a clearer idea on pursuing research on this topic. However, I did not immediately go for a try because I want to make it very clear if I should go for it, after 2 years of thinking. I decided to go for it in 2020 and started drafting my detailed PhD proposal and making contacts to possible supervisors (About Disability Studies in China). Till now, I got replied from 3 of them that they want to make further discussions on my proposed topic and advised me to make formal application and I do so. They are: a. Dr. Sarah Dauncey from University of Nottingham (It was recommended by a Professor in Oxford, she has sufficient experience on Chinese Studies, including the field on Disability Studies), b. Dr. Angharad Beckett form University of Leeds (She leads the University's Centre for Disability Studies) c. Prof. Alan Walker from The University of Sheffield (The most distinguish one among the threes, indeed he said he is willing to supervise me. He has a close connection to my alma mater, and he supervised lots of students from where I live, but I think he is not really specialized on my proposed topic, may he is a specialist on Gerontology) So what should I do now, when two of them wants to make further discussion about my topic as they are experienced, but a more distinguish one already showed his interest to supervise while he is not really fitting my interest? Should I told the rest that Prof. Walker is willing to supervise me? Please advice.
  3. Hello Everybody, I am the newcomer of this forum, but I have a plan to study a PhD in Public Policy / Politics, but I wonder whether my credentials may be not enough for me to be a qualified student. My background: I came from Hong Kong and I am now currently studying my second bachelor degree in social policy from a university, I made a minor in Political Science during my first bachelor degree in Business, despite my grades in my major is just on average, I made an outstanding performance in my minor, for the courses I studied about politics, at least I got a A- grade. And I expected to graduate with my second bachelor degree with a Upper Second Class Honours this year. Due to the limited time for my preparation, I may select a taught postgraduate degree about politics / policy as a test to see my intention to do my further studies, but in my opinion, my experience is a weak point, I did not have any research experience, as the only one research project with a small community education provider to do a small project about adult education. Despite the weaknesses on my background, I still want to pursue further studies overseas that none of my family members and relatives have this experience, and I am eager to be the first man to achieve this, but I have to know what I can do to compensate the weaknesses from my background for the coming one or two years to let me prepare well on the application I've set 3 major goals I have to overcome: a. Achieve a good score on GRE b. Achieve a good score on TOEFL c. Create a well-suited research proposal for myself Your comments will be very helpful for me to achieve my dream step by step. Thank you.
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