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Should I get a Masters / PhD just to teach at a university? Please allow me to start off saying that I'm not totally certain if this is the correct sub reddit to be making a post like this, but I thought I'd at least give it a try. I'm a junior undergraduate majoring in biology in a North Eastern research university. When I initially applied to college, I pretty much had my heart set on majoring in biology, going to med school, and becoming a physician practicing some specialty or another. Over the course of the past two semesters, however, I've been getting the idea that teaching may be an enjoyable career pathway for me. I am most interested in teaching at the undergraduate level, since it would allow me to cover topic more in-depth than if I were to teach primary/secondary ed levels, and I've found that undergraduate education seems to be very fulfilling since one would be able to work with very diverse student populations and be able to inspire people with the subject material. I've become friendly with several teaching faculty members in my major's department and they all seem extremely happy with their careers, and encouraged me to explore teaching further if it really interests me. I know that to teach at the university level I would at least need a masters degree in the field I want to teach, and that most colleges/universities prefer teaching staff to have a PhD/terminal degree just to be considered for the position. The question at the root of my post is: is it worth is to try to pursue a PhD when what I would like to focus on at this point is teaching, rather than research work? Also; if there's any teaching faculty out there, or research faculty who like the teaching requirement of their job, what is something in particular that you like about your teaching requirements, and what is one thing in particular that you dislike? Thanks in advance to anyone who'd take the time to throw in your two cents! | 90fd62471247e73d5d80c1fa149b91d70479180d0172a736d5d3dd18fc111715 | [
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Should I get a Masters / PhD just to teach at a university? Please allow me to start off saying that I'm not totally certain if this is the correct sub reddit to be making a post like this, but I thought I'd at least give it a try. I'm a junior undergraduate majoring in biology in a North Eastern research university. When I initially applied to college, I pretty much had my heart set on majoring in biology, going to med school, and becoming a physician practicing some specialty or another. Over the course of the past two semesters, however, I've been getting the idea that teaching may be an enjoyable career pathway for me. I am most interested in teaching at the undergraduate level, since it would allow me to cover topic more in-depth than if I were to teach primary/secondary ed levels, and I've found that undergraduate education seems to be very fulfilling since one would be able to work with very diverse student populations and be able to inspire people with the subject material. I've become friendly with several teaching faculty members in my major's department and they all seem extremely happy with their careers, and encouraged me to explore teaching further if it really interests me. I know that to teach at the university level I would at least need a masters degree in the field I want to teach, and that most colleges/universities prefer teaching staff to have a PhD/terminal degree just to be considered for the position. The question at the root of my post is: is it worth is to try to pursue a PhD when what I would like to focus on at this point is teaching, rather than research work? Also; if there's any teaching faculty out there, or research faculty who like the teaching requirement of their job, what is something in particular that you like about your teaching requirements, and what is one thing in particular that you dislike? Thanks in advance to anyone who'd take the time to throw in your two cents! | 90fd62471247e73d5d80c1fa149b91d70479180d0172a736d5d3dd18fc111715 | [
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What's the difference between Journal Articles and Conference papers and how do these fit into one's research life? It's a very general question. Answer however you want | a5eb592fa3727e9e98cc0ef8a8f6df9de27355ca91bd74d22d2e2dbf982b469b | [
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What are the consequences of posting your article to the web after publication? Say you have the mindset that your work should not have a paywall and that you want more people to see it, but you do not pay the open-access premium to your publisher(s). Besides the ethical implications, what are the legal consequences of leaking your work to the web? Would it truly be difficult to anonymously post a .pdf of the publication on a third-party site like ResearchGate? People mention that acquiescing to email requests for .pdf copies of published works is a gray area. Yet, I suspect that this is how free version pdf's of gated articles end up on the web. Is it generally reasonable to assume that neither publisher nor employer are likely to discover that you leaked a copy of your work for the purpose of costless dissemination? | 6b768bb82576c4238bcd0fbff22112c56801c2efbc9083cfb9268a1470f02a4d | [
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What would your students be surprised to know about you? I just saw snippet of a Dr. Phil episode surrounding a college professor with a major drinking problem. When I was an undergrad I wasn't close to many of my professors. Most of what we discussed was related to topics within the confines of the major. I knew if they had kids or were married... but nothing overly sentimental, save for stumbling upon that one was going through a bitter divorce. It never really occurred to me that they had problems in their own lives. What would your students (undergrad or grad) be surprised to know about you? | e5221d6d992f9939c66c483ce4d36e550d3f0c66c3daf886fa42c9da7918a64f | [
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Switching advisers - If your PhD student were to tell you (the adviser) that they weren't going to be your student, how would you want it to go? What would you want to hear? I am a third year STEM PhD student. My adviser and I don't see eye to eye on many things. They have not been supportive in any way, including funding, advice giving, and, just generally, giving any moment of their time. I spend a lot of time being a glorified secretary as a TA, officially for one class. However, they blur the boundaries of my work by getting me involved as an unofficial TA for their other class. They have never supported me via a RA and have not had great success in receiving a grant. They have made accusations and assumptions that I am a cunning in my work as a TA and in my independent, not funded research. This is also reflected in the way he has dealt with my lab mates as well and it has caused them to take longer than average to graduate. It's a pretty bad relationship, and I want to get out. ​ However, I am conscious of how I leave, if I decide to switch advisers. I would love to leave with as little hard feelings and feel empowered by my decision. I am okay to self-deprecate myself in the process to be able to make this an easy to hear decision for my adviser. I don't want to come off as accusatory and I want to empathize with the fact that this isn't an easy feat. Obviously, as you can tell, I have very little soul left in me to even try to fight for respect. ​ Any advice welcomed, especially by professors. | 7235e2eebb6e1bf978190862d045f22235a4652e8272095667e07f81d60ee689 | [
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Those of you with a Ph.D./currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, hindsight is 20/20, so what's one thing you wish you knew prior to entering your first year that would've made a huge difference? I will be a first-year Ph.D. student this coming fall pursuing a degree in sport & exercise psychology. I am curious for those of you who have completed your Ph.D./are current Ph.D. students: * What is one thing you wish you knew prior to starting your program? * Knowing what you know now, what is something (some skill, piece of knowledge/information) that you think if you knew back then, would have been helpful/made the experience/transition into a Ph.D. program a little smoother for you? (Being intentionally a little on the vague side here...) | c417cc6bc3b3a26dbc5e07826fb9640e21fb7a707b6174a0bef8fdd44b4a8717 | [
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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? I’ve never felt this way in the industry, I’ve always felt that I’ve been viewed and treated on merit, work ethic and achievements. It's only in academia that I've felt like a dancing monkey. ​ P.P.S If anyone wants to know my qualifications, since I know that might be a long, winding story: ​ 2010-2014 BSc. Biomedical Science 1st Hons 2014-2015 MSc. Regenerative Medicine Merit + Research Project 2015-2016 – NHS – Lab Tech (+ diploma) 2016 – 2017 – Lab Tech at Uni of Edinburgh 2017-2018 Research Assistant at Uni of Manchester 2019 – Astrazeneca (4 Months) 2019 – 2020 – Healthcare Practitioner - Public Health England 2020 –current - Medical Writer (+ diploma) 7 published papers as either first second or third author in Brain, Annual Review Pharmacology/Tox, ACS, EMBO, National Cancer Institute and similar impact Journals (IF - 10+) | dd5a93b9afed94ff14beb739d1a53ba34994f01c5901fe5a4a6b8c0d4f9d65bc | [
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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. 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I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? 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Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. It's all feeling a little raw and emotional right now. But I felt it would be a useful point of conversation to gain some perspective, voice some concerns and start a discussion. ​ This has been my third round of applying to PhD’s, and it has honestly been the hardest one yet. Partly due to everything that has been going on. This year I applied to 30 (yes, Thirty!) UK PhD programmes. Various Wellcome Trust, BHF, MRC, iCASE among other individual projects and studentships. Granted I haven’t heard back from all of them yet, but so far it has been an overwhelming rejection. Not even getting an interview. Just a straight-up “if you haven’t heard from us by X date, you have been unsuccessful” and they don’t even have the decency to tell you why. ​ Just to throw things back, my first round of applications would have been around 2015. I had a 1st in my BSc of Biomedical sciences and was just finishing up my MSc. in Tissue Engineering for Regenerative medicine (I ended up getting a Merit). Both pretty broad degrees content-wise, but I felt this would be enough to serve as a foundation that I could delve into any specific speciality that I wanted. Stem cells, neuroscience, pharmacy, molecular bio etc. To top that off, I also had two solid research projects under my belt and 3rd name on a paper. So safe to say I felt better equipped than most PhD students I had come across. I applied to 5 programmes that year (UCL, Kings, Edinburgh, Warwick and Southampton). Made sure to have my professor, supervisor and postdocs check over my application and it was golden…2 interviews but no offers. Admittedly at this point, my view on a PhD was just that it was the natural thing to do. I enjoyed doing research and wanted to do more. But hadn’t given much thought as to how it would play out in terms of career, impact, and goals. ​ I didn’t want to do a PhD with my previous professor, just because I wanted to explore more of what was out there. My university wasn’t a research-intensive uni. I felt I had big ideas and wanted to work on impactful, bleeding-edge science at the big uni's! So, I ended up getting a job as a medical lab tech at the NHS. Nothing too exciting and was pretty much the same day in day out for a year. But hey it paid the bills. Then got another job as a lab tech within an academic lab for another year. But more research-focused so moving in the right direction. I was pretty keen to get involved in more of the research going on so I dedicated a lot of my free time to picking up extra skills and helping out where I could. ​ It was 2018 at this point. I got another job as a research assistant in a pretty well-regarded lab, directly under a professor and it was agreed that if I could prove myself as a competent good worker during my year contract. A PhD studentship would be on the table. This felt like a dream, I could get a feel of the project and the lab, see if I liked it and if it was a good fit to stay for the studentship. Damn did I give it my all? That year I slaved away in the lab, first to arrive, last to leave. 60hr weeks, often staying the night just to do extra repeats or take on extra work for post-docs. Come to the end of the year, I was named in 3 more papers, had 3 years of industry and research experience plus two competitive degree qualifications and an immense lab background. Anyway, it became clear to me that this professor never indented to stick to his word. I busted my ass and when it came to it, he ummed and ahhed about funding and money etc. Whatever. By now I thought I MUST be a solid candidate for a PhD. So, I revamped my CV went back to applying, had really strong applications. ​ I researched the labs, contacted supervisors – mostly met with generic “apply and we can talk more once you get shortlisted “ but otherwise was told I was a strong candidate, great skills-based background and would be a good fit. Most of the previous year’s cohorts consisted of BSc. students and straight into PhD’s with the same supervisor, the odd MSc. or industry-sponsored. But by this point, I have 7 years total experience (counting from undergrad, 3 years working experience) and 5 published papers…no offers. ​ By this point I was kind of sick of the process, sick of academia – sick of how unregulated it all was, sick of the favouritism, the bullying, the nightmare supervisors that we have all heard of. I was done with it all and instead moved into industry. I had a short term post in pharmaceutical research assistant at AstraZeneca, nothing glamorous but I did like it. Then a year as a healthcare practitioner at Public Health England, not so much research-based, but patient-facing, more hands-on. It was a different skill set. More recently I’ve been working as a medical writer. It has been a good deal considering the current climate and WFH. Though a lot of my colleagues are PhD’s and I’ll admit, it did make me a little jealous. Stoked the fire to give it another shot. I didn’t want to be in a position where not having a PhD would hinder my progress or get overlooked because others do. ​ So here we are, 30 programmes, 30 applications…0 offers (so far, still waiting to hear back on the “lesser” ones – I mean that in the not Oxbridge, Imperial, or UCL. Not “Top 10”) but nothing from my top picks. I made sure my applications were bulletproof, statements perfect. I had PhD’s, professors, industry researchers, writers all go through it and critique. 14 shining letters of recommendation from past supervisors, post-docs and employers. I have a BSc. and MSc. plus, two PGDiplomas (data science and healthcare practice), seven published papers in pretty high impact journals plus nearly 6 years of industry research and lab experience. Nothing. I even applied to a project which is more or less the same as my pharmacy research just with a different model. Some interest from the supervisor, but nothing. By this point, I feel it's not even competitive. I SHOULD be one of the top applicants on paper and land an interview. ​ I understand some programmes are exceptionally competitive, especially ones by the Wellcome Trust. But I figured these would be a great fit! Student based supportive cohorts, industry links, placement years, lab rotations to pick your favourite supervisor. On their website, it even says, “we encourage BAME applicants and those under-represented in academia”. Not that it should be relevant, I believe it should be offered on merit. But I’m South Asian, male, first-generation, first in my family to go to school/university/get an education. ​ I figured I would take a look at the student bios on who did get in. Cohorts 2016-2020 – 5 students per year…25 students in total. EVERY SINGLE ONE – a white girl. Bios “I did my BSc. with X professor at Y university, I am not doing my PhD with the same professor at the same uni”. No papers, no experience outside of uni. Just straight pathway: college – BSc. – PhD. ​ Weird… let's check the other cohorts on other programmes – 16 students over 3 years. All white women. 10 students over 2 years – all white women. Same story. The south Muslim girl they had on the “Diversity Initiative – PhD Student Testimony”, paraded as some kind of BAME token wasn’t even a PhD student. I reached out via Linkedin, she was a research technician, not even on the programme. By this point, I am shocked and seething. I have never wanted my race, or my perception of my race to hold me back. Its something I’ve uncomfortably dealt with my whole life, but its normally classroom whispers or the odd childish remark. This was my first experience on an institutional level. Across different universities, different programmes and it got me thinking. ​ Racking my brains, over the past 7-10 years I don’t believe I have ever met a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic PhD, that got their PhD in the UK. Granted this is just my individual experience and some of you may feel different. But of all the ones I know, they all got their doctorate in India, Europe or the USA. ​ Over 10 advertised programmes which I could skim through their student cohorts – Wellcome Trust, BHF, iCASE. Going back 4+ years, 75+ student….not one black face, not one brown face. Admittedly. I did see the few east Asian, primarily because the programme was forced to have one international student and I would guess Chinese gov funded. But all “Home students” were majority white girls, with I counted 5 white guys. Overall, it made me feel let down, disappointed and mostly angry. They advertise that BAME is underrepresented in STEM…yet don’t admit ANY. I mean not even just me. But can you say out of thousands of applicants? Not ONE BAME was competitive enough against 5 Batchelor's?. If you don’t believe me. Have a look at the Wellcome Trust PhD programme cohorts at UCL and King’s. The majority are BSc. students who have cruised through under their supervisors. Maybe the odd MSc. or part-time project. ​ Opportunities exist…just not for people like us. ​ P.S I would also add that this is just for applications, not even counting navigating the academic environment, dealing with professors/supervisors, actually getting through the PhD itself, this is just trying to get a foot in the door. If BAME students are so underrepresented in STEM, why don’t we admit some BAME students? I’ve never felt this way in the industry, I’ve always felt that I’ve been viewed and treated on merit, work ethic and achievements. It's only in academia that I've felt like a dancing monkey. ​ P.P.S If anyone wants to know my qualifications, since I know that might be a long, winding story: ​ 2010-2014 BSc. Biomedical Science 1st Hons 2014-2015 MSc. Regenerative Medicine Merit + Research Project 2015-2016 – NHS – Lab Tech (+ diploma) 2016 – 2017 – Lab Tech at Uni of Edinburgh 2017-2018 Research Assistant at Uni of Manchester 2019 – Astrazeneca (4 Months) 2019 – 2020 – Healthcare Practitioner - Public Health England 2020 –current - Medical Writer (+ diploma) 7 published papers as either first second or third author in Brain, Annual Review Pharmacology/Tox, ACS, EMBO, National Cancer Institute and similar impact Journals (IF - 10+) | dd5a93b9afed94ff14beb739d1a53ba34994f01c5901fe5a4a6b8c0d4f9d65bc | [
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