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Interesting! Does this mean that you can focus on publishing a few papers and make a proposal highlighting all your contributions and papers, then apply to get

• DrNuke 8y ago
  Nope, you still formally sign up like a standard PhD student but will organize your thesis as a series of published and peer-reviewed papers, instead of the standard format, at the normal end of your PhD program. There is neither an accelerated path nor a diy option because the PhD is strictly meant as training time in the UK, much more like an apprenticeship than autonomous contribution.