2019 Cambridge PhD in Education

I never even got an interview call. Is this a bad sign???

Submitted my application on October 3rd. Did an interview with my supervisor on January 11th. Still have not yet heard my decision back. Application status has been stayed at "under review by degree committee" for about 3 months now and the overall submission has been done about 4 months now.

(Probably have checked the application status page for thousands of times... lol)

Hope this information helps.

All the best wishes for everyone who applied this year! We will all make it happen!

Hello all!

I'm applying for an Masters in Education and Psychology at Cambridge, although I have no background degree whatsoever in education OR psychology. I have a BA in Linguistics (2:1) and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies (2:1) - both fairly good London universities. I currently live in Cambridge. I've been away from academia for 4 years. Became a mum. Travelled the world for one year. Worked in editing. Do you think my lack of experience in psychology or education would affect my application? I will apply regardless, but I dont want to be too hopeful.

I'm not really sure how competitive the MA in Education and psychology is but I know that applications are considered in batches. The first one was 7th December, the second batch after 31st January and finally the third batch and deadline on 29 March. I won't be able to complete my application written task before the second batch deadline (31st January). I will probably submit a few days after that...but I'm worried that the course may fill up well ahead of the advertised closing date. Do you think its worth speeding up my written task...or should I try and perfect it and risk the places filling up?

Thank you and good luck to all!

I had an interview for a studentship position but that was turned down and was told that my application will still be considered for admission and other funding but no sign of admittance yet. They say they have a shortage of employees hence are being slow. But I have little hope to be fair.

Yeah, @serendeepity just checking around to see what other people are experiencing. My application is still under dept review. What about you?

Yeah, I have. They said they do not have enough stuff now. You can see people who are replying are the 'temporary' type. Maybe their real stuff are not back yet haha. I will just keep quiet and check my emails for now.

True. I had a temp reply my emails several times. She's left though so perhaps the permanent staff are back?

Also, any idea if they work through the weekends? Some departments apparently do that and I just wondered if the Dept of Ed does since they're lagging behind with the applications as it is.

Which studentships did you apply? And can I ask, who interviewed you?

No idea @serendeepityabout working over the weekend. I was interviewed by Paul and Jenny for LEGO studentship. What about you?

I received an email stating that offers aren't going to be released this week although it's very likely that they'll start releasing it from next week onwards.

Apparently this week, they're still "processing applications and ranking applicants". They're also matching funding to applicants but this year it's been "extraordinarily slow" because they are short on staff.

Hi serendeepity, thank you for your information. Does that mean they have shortlisted candidates?

Yes they have. I was told that all applicants have been shortlisted and offers will go out based on their rankings. So, offers may start trickling out from next week onwards.