Am I mad? I haven't been able to secure funding to do my PhD and after careful consideration and reflection, I really do think that I need to do it in order to progress in my career. It's social science / law and it follows 10 years of working as a researcher and as a VL all within a higher education setting, so I know very well what I'm letting myself in for (insofar as I can) and my unconditional offer is from a great university with a superb superior with whom I have previously worked.
If I'm very careful, I think I can just cobble together the fees, conference attendance/travel if necessary, along with part time nursery fees (i have a 22mo ds) for the year so that I can start in October and devote enough time to it. Luckily I don't need to worry about living or accommodation costs as they are all covered by both dh and me. However, things will be very tight.
I'm worried I'm missing something so wondered if anyone who is self funding can give any idea of funds that I might be able to access, being a ft student (even things such as council tax etc as it's been so long since I was a student), or unforeseen (or foreseen but I'm just missing) costs so that I can try to put together a contingency fund. I also wonder whether it's usual to be able to apply during your PhD for university awards/scholarships/ESRC funding for the second & third year, or whether that is just something you can access before you start.
Thanks in advance - I need to sit down and be able to discuss it all, excel spreadsheet and everything with dh when he gets home from working away this weekend!
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Sooperswooper · 15/07/2014 17:20
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