15th March 2011, 10:52 AM
GPStone speaks the truth. Certainly do your PhD if you can afford it (or get the funding, ha ha ha) and if that's what you want to do for interest, research and fulfilment (I'd love to do the same). If you can self-fund you will always be offered a place, it's all about the fees, but it is not a ticket to employment. Obviously the academic sector is also shrinking, as they say. Gloom and despondency abounds, I'm afraid!
It's usually considered best not to bandy your titles about, by the way - the academic world is ruthless and someone may nick it!
It's usually considered best not to bandy your titles about, by the way - the academic world is ruthless and someone may nick it!