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Well a lot has transpired over the past couple of weeks since my absence. Yeah, I decided to come back, so I could get advice from this massive pool of wisdom that is Apolyton 
As you are all aware, I went across to visit Stew in Aberystwyth last weekend, but not without reason. I needed the break to get away from it all as things have reached a point of no return with regards to my PhD and I have decided to quit after a considerable amount of thought. I am finding the support and backup unsatisfactory and the working conditions for research appalling. There just aren't adequate facilities to carry out my research effectively and I feel stifled and held back, and I honestly doubt I will get the thing finished to any standard. So when I get it in the neck about delays that are out of my control in the form of a letter, which has said I am being dropped from a Ph.D to an M.Phil, I was completely disgusted. Yes, very little work has been done since the beginning of December and very little of it has been in my control. NHS/University bureaucracy, delays, uncertainty about course of research has delayed me considerably. And I feel that the point of no return has been crossed at the end of last week and I have made my decision and am sticking to it.
Anyway, what advice am I after you may ask? Job advice of course! You are a varied lot, what kind of stuff do you reckon would suit my aptitude and my personality. It is difficult to tell you everything that needs to be said about myself to fire away, prod and poke until you get the information you need. Or if you have any more interesting ideas than a pure 'job' I want to hear. I don't consider this so much the end of my academic life, but more the beginning of a new chapter. I just hope it is a more successful one than the previous.
As you are all aware, I went across to visit Stew in Aberystwyth last weekend, but not without reason. I needed the break to get away from it all as things have reached a point of no return with regards to my PhD and I have decided to quit after a considerable amount of thought. I am finding the support and backup unsatisfactory and the working conditions for research appalling. There just aren't adequate facilities to carry out my research effectively and I feel stifled and held back, and I honestly doubt I will get the thing finished to any standard. So when I get it in the neck about delays that are out of my control in the form of a letter, which has said I am being dropped from a Ph.D to an M.Phil, I was completely disgusted. Yes, very little work has been done since the beginning of December and very little of it has been in my control. NHS/University bureaucracy, delays, uncertainty about course of research has delayed me considerably. And I feel that the point of no return has been crossed at the end of last week and I have made my decision and am sticking to it.
Anyway, what advice am I after you may ask? Job advice of course! You are a varied lot, what kind of stuff do you reckon would suit my aptitude and my personality. It is difficult to tell you everything that needs to be said about myself to fire away, prod and poke until you get the information you need. Or if you have any more interesting ideas than a pure 'job' I want to hear. I don't consider this so much the end of my academic life, but more the beginning of a new chapter. I just hope it is a more successful one than the previous.
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