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)

That's like trying to choose amongst England's batters so far in the Ashes include you exclude Joe Root..... (View Post)

Sure its a total coincidence how all the road blocking stunts stopped when finally a few of them got a few years in the clink after their 87th arrest. (View Post)