Timeline for A potential PhD supervisor wants me to visit campus for an interview before I know if I'm accepted
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| Jul 17, 2021 at 13:42 | history | edited | Wrzlprmft♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 14, 2021 at 17:46 | answer | added | Harry Hab | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 15:15 | comment | added | Tom | Unfortunately train tickets can be very expensive in the UK, speaking from experience having spent money on them whilst going to PhD interviews in person. Try to book well in advance and find the cheapest one you can. | |
| Feb 24, 2018 at 19:18 | history | protected | Alexandros | ||
| Feb 23, 2018 at 18:11 | answer | added | Michael Kay | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 18:09 | answer | added | William | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 15:26 | comment | added | Chris H | @MJeffryes indeed; the majority of supervisors I've come across would be able to fund the trip; those that couldn't would be happy with Skype contact, knowing that the onus is on them to cover the costs. Either way the candidate shouldn't be out of pocket | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 15:05 | comment | added | MJeffryes | @ChrisH Yes, exactly. £34 is quite a significant amount for someone on a tight budget, and in any case, I think it's in poor taste for PIs to expect potential students to pay their own way in order to be interviewed by them. Debating the cheapest way to travel is beside the point, since the premise of the question is that it is difficult to afford. | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 15:01 | comment | added | Chris H | @MJeffryes Taking Edinburgh to Cardiff in the next few days as an arbitrary journey (city centre to city centre), at short notice, we have: Fly: 3.5 hours £54; Coach 11h--14h £34 to £77; Train 7h and £152+. It's not clear that the coach is preferable on financial grounds. You'd need to spend the night somewhere too (the overnight coach is the £77 one). Megabus might be cheaper but won't give me a price for a through-booking online | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 10:33 | comment | added | Lot | I was invited to an interview before my post-doc position as well. Since I was invited, they offered to pay for the flight (as usual, if you are invited by someone in academia). You should clarify whether that is the case here as well! | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 3:37 | comment | added | David | Trains in the UK can be amazingly cheap if you book long enough in advance and wait for specials. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be possible under the OP's circumstances, in which case... yes, trains in the UK are insanely expensive. (Most of the time.) | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 0:48 | answer | added | einpoklum | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 0:40 | comment | added | einpoklum | @TheMathemagician: Trains in the UK are insanely expensive. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 19:58 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @jamesqf For long-distance domestic travel within the UK, flying is often cheaper than going by train. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 19:12 | comment | added | jamesqf | @MJeffryes: Why not? Britain is not all that big. Or trains? I've travelled overnight from Fort William to London, and London to the west of Ireland. Unless things have changed drastically in the last few year, it seems like taking a plane anywhere within Britain would involve more time in getting to & from airports and going through security than you'd save by flying. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 18:59 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/966749368677224448 | ||
| Feb 22, 2018 at 18:19 | answer | added | gaborous | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 18:09 | answer | added | Carl-Fredrik Nyberg Brodda | timeline score: 17 | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 17:45 | comment | added | MJeffryes | @TheMathemagician Not really a reasonable suggestion if traveling from (for example) Scotland or NI to southwest England. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 17:05 | answer | added | user44476 | timeline score: 12 | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 16:15 | history | edited | Faheem Mitha | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 22, 2018 at 16:11 | comment | added | Chris H | When was this contact? Many UK academics have been very busy over the last week or so, trying to get things done before going on strike today so contact that's already a bit sporadic may be further delayed. It's not uncommon for a potential supervisor to find money to pay reasonable travel expenses for an interview. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 15:06 | comment | added | TheMathemagician | Plane tickets within the UK? Go by coach if money is an issue. | |
| Feb 22, 2018 at 14:56 | answer | added | user3697176 | timeline score: -1 | |
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| Feb 22, 2018 at 14:11 | answer | added | MJeffryes | timeline score: 110 | |
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| Feb 22, 2018 at 13:51 | history | asked | user87965 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |