I might well have eaten horse*, pretty sure I eat every part of every other animal going. Veganism or those picky about which part of an animal you want in your food doesn't appear to be a thing… (View Post)

Morning all...back from a month behind the great Chinese firewall, have I missed much? (View Post)

By comparison, minimum wage was ~£4 per hour, now its over £12 per hour. (View Post)

Done a double check, its not £8k behind for PhDs, its more like £3k behind, but living costs both food but also far worse accommodation are so much higher. £8k behind inflation is post-doc money. (View Post)

£35-40k a year for a post-doc is a joke in STEM subjects. Another thing that hardly ever gets a mention when it comes to general university / knowledge economy, the PhD stipend is also incredibly poo… (View Post)