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At least in the UK, a PhD takes one year more than a MRes and it lets you become a university lecturer. It also should be funded, whilst you might have to pay y

At least in the UK, a PhD takes one year more than a MRes and it lets you become a university lecturer. It also should be funded, whilst you might have to pay your own way for an MRes. Hence I don't see the point of doing an MRes when you can stay an extra year and have more opportunities afterwards. MRes are usually a consolation prize for people who drop out of their PhD, IME.

InkCanon 2y ago
In my side of the world I think it's more similar to the USA where a masters is two years and a PhD is four. And it's fifty fifty whether a PhD has a masters or comes straight from undergrad. I'm leaning towards masters because I don't particularly care about the prestige and I don't want to over commit. I don't think the title is important to the impact I have