MSW vs. Ph.D. vs. DSW for a Career in Social Work.
I have incredible respect for all of you doing this thing full time, I really don’t know how you do it. I’m only one year in to distance learning PhD in Education and Social Justice, its classed as part time but really it is a full time commitment. I also work part time in a school, and I’m a single mum.
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I think, in most of the universities, you should have atleast registered yourself as PhD student for 3 years before the defense of your Ph.D (this is atleast the rules and regulation in Germany). May be there are some universities who have no mini.
In the case of the final reason, it can be very flattering if one of your tutors suggests that you should do a PhD and you should certainly seriously consider it but make sure that you investigate it in the same was as if it was your own idea. You still need to check out whether it is the right option for you. Some of you may be influenced by the expectations of family and friends, perhaps.
The latest PhD candidate to join Birmingham City University’s Centre for Applied Criminology is Craig Pinkney, an urban youth specialist and lecturer at University College Birmingham. Craig has over 14 years of frontline experience, and his work as an outreach worker, transformational speaker, gang exit strategist, mediator, mentor and filmmaker has enabled him to develop an international.
Sure you can do a PhD at any age, and if you are talking about self financing unis will fall over themselves to take you on as self funders are valuable cash cows. If you are looking to get a fully funded PhD then that is a whole other ball game and a career post PhD sounds like a nightmare these days from what I read on lots on mn threads.
What I want to know is whether there are any benefits she would be entitled to because her income is very low. I'm not sure whether PhD students are considered as students like undergraduates are. Does anyone know - or can give some examples of how PhD students are able to afford studying. We provide a little bit of financial help when we can.