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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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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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Loss of motivation and lack of results - Can I finish my PhD on my 4th year ? Hi guys, So I finished my Bsc and Msc in Biology in Greece and wanted to persue a PhD opportunity but as funding was non existent in Greece, I went to Belgium to try to secure a national funding. The first time I tried to get it through a PhD-like proposal presentation, I failed but my P.I. found a funding from the lab to keep me until I can try for a second time next year. In 2018, I got the funding and I already had done some work to show in the Funds Commitee. After that, things went downhill.. The lab and the P.I. are awful, they are completely lacking communication skills, they barely help and can't properly give information/advice (maybe it's also the language gap of English and French). They are distant and think less of me. So in my second year the progress was almost non existent and I went through a PhD progress presentation to my 3 people PhD commitee and they said that even though the results are OK, I share the project with too many people in the lab (something the P.I doesn't understand) and my input needs to be higher. I argued with that with my P.I, he said that other people say that I am missing from the lab and I don't work enough, which is not true. Sometimes I leave early in the afternoon cause I am a kind of person that likes to have a social life, do sports etc while people here are so focused to work that they lack a well rounded lifestyle (which might be OK for them, no judgement, but it is not for me). So I said to my P.I that if he doesn't start to respect me, start giving good advice (he almost knows nothing on the project and just waits results) and not constantly act as a guy who just monitors me, waits for a mistake or an opportunity to give me critisism, I will stop my PhD. The thing is that I don't want nor I am able to stay for a 5th year of PhD here as my funds are for 4 years and I have to go back to Greece to do my military service and find a job. But from all those things that happened, I find it difficult that in 2 years I will be able to do as much work as they want me to defend my PhD and I don't want to waste 4 years for nothing. What should I do ? Any advice or similar experiences will be much appreciated... Sorry for the long post | 7837358f04d2d4292b724e3fd693ee61a3362a926ef8a7dd1343e8f91d9be493 | [
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Recently earned my BA in philosophy at an *okay* university. 3.5 cum GPA. Primarily interested in continental philosophy which, according to my research, is a field which only offers funding to Phd students. Is it even worth it to apply? I've done a bit of research into potential graduate programs via SPEP. Many of them offer MA and MA/Phd programs but only include funding to those accepted into the Phd. Given my less-than-stellar GPA from a rather un-exceptional school, do I have any sort of chance of getting into one of these Phd programs? I'm aware that the writing sample is far more important than the GPA in an application - I'm just worried I won't be taken seriously. My impression is that, because many of these programs are fully or almost fully funded, they are incredibly competitive. Also, the universities that focus on Continental philosophy are (for the most part) fairly prestigious (i.e. Northwestern, Villanova, Georgetown). I very much would like to go to grad school - I simply don't want to waste a bunch of my time on applications to schools I have virtually no chance of getting into. I would just like some advice. What do you think? | f5586964f0ed35ebc29ad94a09b95333c9141033f7d1780a6261bbdaec8599dd | [
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How old it "too old" for a prospective PhD supervisor? As a preface I haven't actually communicated with the professor in question so it's entirely possible that it's not even an option. I am currently in the process of finishing my master's and looking for a PhD. I know of one professor whose research interests match very closely to mine and I have been following his work for the past few years as well as reading his earlier work. In addition to this, both my bachelor's and master's theses are relevant to what he is doing, and in turn I want to further specialize in his field. My main worry is that the professor is in his early seventies and although it looks from his webpage like he is still accepting phd students and like he is very active publication-wise, I don't know if it would be a good idea in the long term. The general field is theoretical computer science if it plays any role. Is there any general guideline on when a prospective supervisor is too old? Or am I just being ageist and shouldn't take age into account if someone is accepting new students? | 00d954a5dd7eb5fa87bb0c3c739b6e95a7183a82c2ab1f5c66076ec3a1fed31c | [
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How old it "too old" for a prospective PhD supervisor? As a preface I haven't actually communicated with the professor in question so it's entirely possible that it's not even an option. I am currently in the process of finishing my master's and looking for a PhD. I know of one professor whose research interests match very closely to mine and I have been following his work for the past few years as well as reading his earlier work. In addition to this, both my bachelor's and master's theses are relevant to what he is doing, and in turn I want to further specialize in his field. My main worry is that the professor is in his early seventies and although it looks from his webpage like he is still accepting phd students and like he is very active publication-wise, I don't know if it would be a good idea in the long term. The general field is theoretical computer science if it plays any role. Is there any general guideline on when a prospective supervisor is too old? Or am I just being ageist and shouldn't take age into account if someone is accepting new students? | 00d954a5dd7eb5fa87bb0c3c739b6e95a7183a82c2ab1f5c66076ec3a1fed31c | [
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How old it "too old" for a prospective PhD supervisor? As a preface I haven't actually communicated with the professor in question so it's entirely possible that it's not even an option. I am currently in the process of finishing my master's and looking for a PhD. I know of one professor whose research interests match very closely to mine and I have been following his work for the past few years as well as reading his earlier work. In addition to this, both my bachelor's and master's theses are relevant to what he is doing, and in turn I want to further specialize in his field. My main worry is that the professor is in his early seventies and although it looks from his webpage like he is still accepting phd students and like he is very active publication-wise, I don't know if it would be a good idea in the long term. The general field is theoretical computer science if it plays any role. Is there any general guideline on when a prospective supervisor is too old? Or am I just being ageist and shouldn't take age into account if someone is accepting new students? | 00d954a5dd7eb5fa87bb0c3c739b6e95a7183a82c2ab1f5c66076ec3a1fed31c | [
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People who were in charge of hiring professors for their department, what was a big turn off when you met with prospective job applicants? | c38fe526e648e51e07f95349c9b0c9e5952b4bd50ff035a675736360639ea6e2 | [
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Toxic behavior is destroying my faith in academia: what do? Does anyone actually care about this kind of thing? (Not a light read) I am not a big reddit user, so sorry if I break any reddiquette in advance. Please let me know if I need to fix anything and/or if I should post this somewhere else. ​ Has anyone made it through dealing with the Title IX office with a PhD and without having some sort of breakdown? Based on my experiences, and those that have been shared with me, it seems more like a place we direct people we want to systematically ignore, and they made my situation significantly worse in multiple ways. If anyone has advice for support I might not have considered seeking, I would appreciate it. ​ I haven't been able to see a way forward in my program since long before I was terminated in the midst of trying to file a formal title 9 complaint. The general lack of resolution and accountability since I was "unterminated" (except without funding for reasons no one will even give me) is hard to stomach and does terrible things to my motivation. This was never about money, earning some sort of gold star, or even a PhD for me. I just wanted to be where my nerd powers would best serve humanity, and it's painful that I cannot seem to get a straight answer about things that have made my working environment incredibly depressing and degrading. ​ I honestly don't know how I managed to not kill myself, and if I didn't have a bunch of evidence to ungaslight myself, accomplishments, and amazing friends -- I am pretty sure I would have. Like, if my cat had died during that time: it definitely would have been game over. The system seems so broken and counter-productive, I no longer feel like this is an efficient avenue at all, and I can't help but wonder when a promising student commits suicide seemingly out of nowhere -- if they may have been going through something like I did. If people who act like the guy who bullied and slandered me can just waltz through a PhD, and people who try to confront this kind of triangulation are made to feel as unwelcome in academia as I do right now: I am actually afraid of what I have to look forward to. Being treated like some sort of hysteric for having this concern has basically just left me stuck in some sort of existential crisis, trying to figure out if humanity is even worth working to preserve if we are going to keep giving leadership positions to people who only seem to care about themselves. ​ I'm not quite ready to share my story, and I need to figure out how to pare down 14 pages and hundreds of screenshots, but I feel like I should, no matter how this plays out. I would like to be able to finish my PhD, but I can't keep sacrificing my mental health for people who share threads about dealing with toxic behavior on twitter, after actively making a toxic situation unbearable and refusing to engage about it. In retrospect, since I still can't get any examples of the behavior I was accused of by my former coworker to get this written off as an interpersonal issue, it kind of seems like my biggest mistake was trusting people who I needed to be able to trust. If my career is going to be derailed by this: I might as well try to bring attention to it. I would choose public humiliation and understanding how to avoid this in the future, over letting this go and pretending like it's OK, hands down. I have talked to so many people who have stayed quiet, because they are traumatized, ashamed, need reference letters, fought too hard to sacrifice their career, stigma, and so many other reasons. ​ I used to be shocked to hear big-name professors who went down for harassment had been making dozens of people miserable for decades, but now it seems obvious how actively we are enabling them. Former mentors and colleagues I went to for advice said things like "he'll get a reputation, but you don't want to be the one to start it," and encouraged me to just power through. I'm not convinced the rumor mill is going to save anyone from people who have made their way through life by manipulating it when we silence victims in so many ways. ​ Is it like this everywhere? Is everyone in academia just too busy to care? Am I fighting to just prolong this nightmare, so I can watch this happen to other people and not be able to do anything? ​ If your first instinct is that I am just a weak, whiny person: you may be part of a systemic problem everyone loves to ignore. Feel free to test your doubts, I would love to be wrong, and I'm completely dead inside anyway, so I might as well obliterate my last shred of faith in academia (I have been trying to deal with this since 2013). ​ If anyone has any advice that could help me finish my PhD under these circumstances, pay for another semester, and/or share my story in a way that highlights the systemic problem that has gotta be way worse for people with less privilege without sounding like some entitled white woman: I would really appreciate it. ​ Tl:Dr: I just wanted to study mold genetics until I died surrounded by fellow weirdos, but someone who didn't seem to care about mold or science joined the lab and started manipulating me and other people at my expense. The more I tried to rise above, give the benefit of the doubt, ask for help, or get people to confront the disturbing behavior pattern I was struggling to deal with: the worse it got. If my life is going to be derailed like this, I might as well share my story. People who know my former advisor and current dept head are going to be shocked by some of their emails and actions, but hopefully they can embrace some of that cognitive dissonance and consider the possibility this happens everywhere. I am trying to stay in academia, so I can look out for the next generation, but it kind of seems like I will just have to watch in horror if nobody cares or has any idea how to deal with this. ​ This article about faculty enabling toxic behavior really hit home. ​ Note: I'm seeing people for my crippling depression. This is not a veiled cry for help or sympathy. I don't want people to feel sorry for me. I just want to be able to make an informed decision based on data points outside of a toxic department. ​ Thanks for even reading this. 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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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to those of you who burned out, how did you feel and what made you realise you needed time off? I think I might be a little burned out. I'm a second year postdoc way behind schedule and I would like to hear other people's experiences with burnout. How did you feel and how did you overcome it? All opinions welcome and thank you for the responses. | 08dcb8a67cf028365a9b0c80ee97b7e6c27519c986e210c9c5b800d298603e5a | [
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