GOGSoc Episode VII: Game of Moans

Thank you

Just a new area of law left to learn

Sending loads of good luck vibes your way!

Interview prep has made me sad cos it's underlining how ****ed my head is

Thank you. It's over. It was really hard

One week and still no sign of improvement. Quietly beginning to panic here… (or not so quietly )

I've been using speech recognition software since Thursday because my left hand got to sore. It is so annoying I feel like throwing my Mac out of the window

Good pun.

Can you have a sick leave (or sth like that) if you can't work?

How did you guys decide/know that you wanted to apply for a PhD? Any advice on that front?

I am increasingly feeling like I want further study/research opportunities in my specialism (which I love). But I had always intended to go into a vocational course afterwards, qualify and practise. Two months ago that was my very firm intention, and now I feel very much that - as I used to about a career in practice - I would regret not trying to take this further.

If I do apply, I think it will be for 2016 entry, which means I'll have a year out. It would need to be a very definite decision (as it would mean withdrawing from the vocational course - I have a deferred place) to change direction, at least for three plus years. Doing the course on the year out is not an option - it is one or the other.

Because of the year out I know I have some time to decide (realistically until June/July), so I'd be grateful for any advice/experiences you guys have about your own decisions to apply for PhDs, and any thoughts about what I can do to make the most informed decision possible (and prepare for strengthening my eventual app).

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My decision for PhDness was nowhere near as difficult because music isn't a vocational course as such. If you do it further it really is mostly just for love of the subject, as academic positions in universities to lecture/research/teach are few and far between.

I don't have any advice as such but I just wonder whether doing a PhD might be quite an expensive undertaking for not much gain? Not that I can talk on this subject - that would be hypocritical - plus I don't know your financial situation...

Sorry, that probably isn't as helpful as it sounded in my head

Haha no it is! All thoughts are helpful!

I wouldn't self-fund - so if I didn't get a funded PhD, that would be the end of it. At this moment in time, I'm not thinking of the PhD careerwise, as there's still a big chance I'd go into practice after the PhD (luckily in my field practice and academia are very intertwined - not uncommon to have practitioners as visiting lecturers, tutors and regularly authoring publications). That said, I'm open to the possibility of academia, but in a what will be will be way. It's not my reason for doing it, but it's something I'd consider. It's more that I hit on my specialism after my undergrad, and I don't think I'm going to exhaust my academic interest this year. I keep flagging down footnotes in books to follow up on more reading because I'm interested/curious, and I'm realising that I will never have the time to independently research to the depth that I would like - not without doing it full-time. I'm very, very aware that the level I'm studying at now and reading barely scratches the surface of what's out there on my topic.

It's essentially a very indulgent want, really


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One week and still no sign of improvement. Quietly beginning to panic here… (or not so quietly )

How did you guys decide/know that you wanted to apply for a PhD? Any advice on that front?


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I have news!!!

hehehe - not about the job (sadly - but when I know, you will all know!) - I am FINALLY on leave! Leave I tell you. LEAVE! I am not back on duty until Tuesday and it is ****ing glorious. I am going north until Sunday.

Wooooo for leave!

First leave since Easter.