Universities: we are improving access to education for all!
Also universities: you can& #39;t do a PhD unless you can afford to pay for an MSc first. While still in debt from your BSc.
Also universities: you can& #39;t do a PhD unless you can afford to pay for an MSc first. While still in debt from your BSc.
Many PhD students are recruited before their MSc has even finished. So it& #39;s nothing to do with proving you can get a post-graduate degree, it& #39;s proving you can pay for one.
The reason this makes me angry is that I& #39;ve seen so many talented potential researchers give up after their BSc because they simply can& #39;t take on that much additional debt.
What can we do? Funded PhD positions are scarce and competitive. It& #39;s impossible for a PI to fairly compare a fresh graduate against someone who has several more years of experience because they could afford it.