• Question: how many years of studying did you have to do?

    Asked by superstar to Steve, Yvette, Sian, Michaela, Louise on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by jpk1, cewwen.
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      Steven Kiddle answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      I started school at 5-6 years old, like you. I then went onto do gcses, a-levels, then i took a 3 year university degree followed by a one year masters degree. When i finished that i was 22, which makes it 16 years of studying! Which sounds like a lot! But its only one year more education than most university students.

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      Louise Johnson answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      I did four years on my first degree (that was in Scotland, four years is normal there!) and then three years for my PhD, so seven years total.
      A PhD is not really like studying for an exam though, it’s a research project where you are judged on the work you’ve done and the way you’ve written about it. It’s more like an apprenticeship than a taught course. Plus you get paid to do a PhD – not very much, but enough to live on.

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      Michaela Livingstone answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Three years for an undergraduate degree, and I have another year of my four-year PhD left. So seven years in total at university.

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