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No, this differs from field to field and from country to country. There are only a tiny handful of departments dedicated to my subfield worldwide, and I know th
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
No, this differs from field to field and from country to country. There are only a tiny handful of departments dedicated to my subfield worldwide, and I know that they all require, at the very least, attendance at a weekly seminar so that you can share with your fellow students what you have been up to. In some places, the department can demand that one teach in order to hold a PhD position, or that one take part in the editing of publications produced by the department (which can be so much work that it distracts from one’s own research).
- chrisseaton 6y agoAh ok that does sound a bit rough.
- jimbokun 6y agoHa, in a "First World Problems" sense, maybe! Not trying to say Mediterraneo10 should get a PhD, but PhD life probably sounds very nice to many people in the world without the kind of freedom and financial stability Mediterraneo10 describes. Credit to him/her in achieving such enviable life circumstances!
- looping__lui 6y agoOr credit anybody pursuing a PhD for being smart? Very condescending comment tbh. There isn’t much “fun” about PhD. People who “do it on the side” without “university housing, pay and support” are borderline masochists. Doing so on your own motivation without family/peer-pressure has my respect. In a First World country generally you don’t have any benefit from a PhD... Much different in “not first world”.