I am considering applying for a PHD PT (over 6 years) at the ripe old age of 45. Is this too old? Colleagues tell me it's not, but I have this nagging doubt!
I also wonder if I'm actually going to be up to it intellectually. In my youth I did well academically and have an Oxford degree and a couple of Masters (one of which is in a the field I'd choose for the PHD) but since having children I've started to feel as if I've lost some of the intellectual capabilities I once had. I finished my last MA 4 years ago and ended up doing very well in that, but never felt as if I was up to it IYSWIM.
I would be doing the PHD purely because I feel very strongly about the area I'd be researching (in educational psychology) and because I'd like to draw attention to what is an under-researched issue. I would continue with my day job (in a different University from where I'd do the PHD) and don't particularly aspire to becoming an academic as things currently stand.
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PHD - am I too old ? How clever do you need to be!?
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mycatthinksshesatiger · 29/03/2016 20:43
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