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Re: Thread For PHD Students by Perfect1989: 8:19pm On Sep 23, 2018
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Re: Thread For PHD Students by chaiks: 3:34pm On Sep 24, 2018
with a profile,
cgpa 4.49
ielts 6.5
cv
research proposal
drafted sop/ motivation letter
two recommendation letters.
please where should I channel my effort towards getting a direct phd or masters funding

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by candygirl4real: 9:01am On Sep 25, 2018
Good day gurus in the house,

Pls i want to know about a fully funded, reliable, secure and genuine scholarship i can enrol outside nigeria by next year
May i no if there are pros and cons in such universities for a PHD program. Thanks

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by en1gma12: 9:37am On Sep 25, 2018
Good morning house, I have a BSc in Microbiology and an MSc in Industrial microbiology. I'm looking forward to starting my PhD soon in Uniabuja
1. I'm looking towards research in Biotechnology but nothing specific, can anyone advise/guide me on that
2. Is anyone running a PhD in Uniabuja presently, I want to have an idea of the school and especially a prospective supervisor.
Thanks

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 9:49am On Sep 25, 2018
candygirl4real:
Good day gurus in the house,

Pls i want to know about a fully funded, reliable, secure and genuine scholarship i can enrol outside nigeria by next year
May i no if there are pros and cons in such universities for a PHD program. Thanks

chaiks:
with a profile,
cgpa 4.49
ielts 6.5
cv
research proposal
drafted sop/ motivation letter
two recommendation letters.
please where should I channel my effort towards getting a direct phd or masters funding


To apply for scholarships/funded programs: You will need to search online, just type on google. You will need to visit Universities websites, search for advertised positions on Researchgate.com and mendeley.com, some government scholarship like Korean and Turkish Governments scholarships etc.

What are my chances of gaining a scholarship or being funded?

Don’t be fooled, scholarships and funding are highly competitive since there are many students trying to get funding or scholarships for their studies worldwide. Even though some scholarships depend on outstanding academic records such as ‘merit-based scholarships’, your chances of success are often determined by the quality and content of your application. The fastest way to get your scholarship/funding application rejected from the pile is to apply for a scholarship for which you do not qualify. The judge or evaluator for each scholarship has a set of criteria that are used to rate the applicants.

Some specific points that are usually considered (Take note, this is not universally true) for PhD applicants:

A. Quality of CV (academic strength, specific and multidisciplinary skills/experience, results etc)
B. Research strength (type, number and quality of publications)
C. Work Experience (not a must)
D. Community Service (not a must depending on the field)
E. Honours and Awards (Taken into consideration)
F. Leadership and membership (such as a member of important society related to your field of studies/research)
G. Extracurricular Activities
H. Research Proposal (how relevant is the proposal to the university/department or quality of solution its estimated to solve, novelty and significance or statement of purpose.
I. Recommendation/References: Don't underestimate the power of a recommendation. When it comes to recommendations/reference letters, choose wisely, selecting a reputable ref that has a quality CV and established profile online not the professors/teachers that only claim what does not exist but can't be traced or not reputable. Ensure you choose who knows you well and can articulate your case clearly and powerfully.

Start be evaluating yourself truly and honestly if you are shot in any aspect, work to improve on it.

Best wishes!

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by fishguide(m): 7:57pm On Sep 25, 2018
Are you in need of a research analyst and project writer?







Hire me. grin

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by Zeewirld: 6:28am On Sep 28, 2018
Good morning partners in progress. I have Bsc and MSC in Accounting. I have searched to no avail about Nigerian universities that offers PhD in Accounting either Private,state or federal that is fast and cheap. Please assist

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by oke48(m): 10:16pm On Sep 28, 2018
chaiks:
with a profile,
cgpa 4.49
ielts 6.5
cv
research proposal
drafted sop/ motivation letter
two recommendation letters.
please where should I channel my effort towards getting a direct phd or masters funding

What is your discipline?

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by chaiks: 6:37pm On Sep 29, 2018
oke48:

What is your discipline?
international relations

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by MYSELF2018: 8:11pm On Sep 29, 2018
January 2019 admission is ongoing at Canada, US, UK, Germany and Australia. You can still apply for Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies this year. Kindly send me a pm for more details or send a mail to gboyega.alake@gmail.com for more details.
Thank you very much

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by OvaSabi1(f): 7:48am On Oct 01, 2018
wip7:



As a new Assistant lecturer: For every academic in the true sense; to develop relatively or competitively, you will need to enhance your academic profile in terms of research output, teaching quality, projects and community engagement. Yeah, I heard it takes 2-3 years for you to be confirmed and after which you can always proceed with study leave. Also, you can apply to any country under TETFUND provided you meet their requirements which is expressed as follows: Choice of the country of study must be guided by the World University Ranking of Times Higher Education. Scholars should seek for admission in countries that have Universities ahead of the best university in Nigeria (based on the ranking of that year)


Regarding your intention to start your PhD in Nordic countries: Majority of the universities in the Nordic countries favours more of Engineering, technology, Sciences and Nanotechnology in comparison with offering PhD in Accounting specifically in Sweden and Norway. However, you will find a quantifiable number of Universities in Finland and Denmark offering social science courses at the PhD level. Since the majority of the PhD positions is funded, hence, the competition is fierce.....so would require great CGPA, a good number of research publications related to your intended field of PhD research and other emerging/demanding soft skill-sets.

Major conditions to avail TETFUND: To be eligible for TETFund scholarship, a nominee must:

a. Be a full-time confirmed Nigerian Academic Staff, working at and nominated by a beneficiary institution;
b. Have secured admission to pursue a full-time programme of study
c. Be bonded by the institution

Research in Accounting: First, research is about providing solutions to national and global challenges, improving existing solutions, developing new ideas that cover the existing knowledge gap or support proven theoretical models. The research involves training, dedication and development of writing skills, research skills, analytical and empirical skills.

1. First, identify which research areas interest you, the problem/issues you wish to provide solutions to or existing knowledge gap you intend to cover in your research areas. Note that, it's advantageous to have multidisciplinary research and approach. Also, ensure your research is not just answering local challenges or your approach is not fully local. You must ensure reproducibility and global approach to any issues.

2. Find quality related journals in your field, scan 5 years back to see a trend in the research that is being published. Read through their abstracts and conclusion. From their title and abstract sit down and pounder on the issues, the articles were trying to provide solutions to. Do a lot of jolting, learn from it and formulate your own research topics/titles. Ensure you will have access to both the primary and secondary data or materials for your formulated topics/titles.

3. As soon as you formulate your research titles, learn all the analytical skills (mathematical models, computing and optimization) required to process your observed data so as to provide concise and meaningful trend to all irrespective of the field of the reader.

4. Focus on publishing your results on respected and internationally acceptable journals. And keep doing that till you create a highly competitive academic profile.

NOTE:
The following Journal publisher will be useful, just google the journals they have in your field and related publications: Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis and Willey.

Tips:
You may look at how you can infuse time-series, data analysis, predictive models, forecasting analytics into any aspect of the accounting research you want to do. Also, consider bridging accounting and financial management, risk controls, culture and tail risk.
You may also look towards the relationship between accounting and energy, environment, and markets (tax, bonds, etc) considering different
predictive and optimization models.


Best wishes!




Hello again. I am struggling with the simplest analytical skills and statistical models. Where do I start? I want to be more confident with analysis.

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 12:13pm On Oct 01, 2018
OvaSabi1:



Hello again. I am struggling with the simplest analytical skills and statistical models. Where do I start? I want to be more confident with analysis.

You Don't Have To Struggle Alone. There are lots of statistical models used in various fields. First, you need to identify which statistical or analytical experience/skills you want to learn. Then experience people will point you in the direct direction. Online, there are a bunch of free and paid resources that you can get and learn from.

In brief, what do you want to learn, how serious are you, what resources do you have at your disposal and how often will you use your new skills? And what for?

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by OvaSabi1(f): 1:20pm On Oct 01, 2018
wip7:


You Don't Have To Struggle Alone. There are lots of statistical models used in various fields. First, you need to identify which statistical or analytical experience/skills you want to learn. Then experience people will point you in the direct direction. Online, there are a bunch of free and paid resources that you can get and learn from.

In brief, what do you want to learn, how serious are you, what resources do you have at your disposal and how often will you use your new skills? And what for?

I want to publish papers in journals and I am considering a PhD. I am talking about sample size determination techniques, reliability instruments and statistical tools for testing hypothesis. I want to to publish in journals to increase PhD scholarship chances. We have a library where I just started teaching. I will go on Wednesday. I got an Accounting journal and I couldn't understand most of the analysis part. I want to be confident with writing a robust paper. High validity and reliability, technical but understandable.

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by cordovakari: 1:44pm On Oct 01, 2018
Hi! I am about to finish my education and one of the most important tasks is to write a big research. Im out of time and I was recommended to BuyAnEssay. Do you think that it is a big crime to show your teacher not your work? I am not sure that I can do it on my own as well as it should be.
Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 2:47pm On Oct 01, 2018
OvaSabi1:


I want to publish papers in journals and I am considering a PhD. I am talking about sample size determination techniques, reliability instruments and statistical tools for testing hypothesis. I want to to publish in journals to increase PhD scholarship chances. We have a library where I just started teaching. I will go on Wednesday. I got an Accounting journal and I couldn't understand most of the analysis part.
.

Consider the following to make your publishing journey feasible:

1. Identify the research you will work on
2. Consider reading at least 30 reputable articles and some books as secondary sources (literature review)
3. Focus on both the theoretical model, hypothesis and methodology
4. Formulate your research title and work on study area/respondent or primary data sources.

Below, I will provide some brief intro to your quest

How to Determine Sample Size

Before you can calculate a sample size, you need to determine some parameters as described below:

1. Population Size — How many total people fit your demographic? For instance, if you want to know about mothers living in the US, your population size would be the total number of mothers living in the US. Not all populations sizes need to be this large. Even if your population size is small, just know who fits into your demographics. Don’t worry if you are unsure about this exact number. It is common for the population to be unknown or approximated between two educated guesses.

2. Margin of Error (Confidence Interval) — No sample will be perfect, so you must decide how much error to allow. The confidence interval determines how much higher or lower than the population mean you are willing to let your sample mean fall. If you’ve ever seen a political poll on the news, you’ve seen a confidence interval. For example, it will look something like this: “68% of voters said yes to Proposition Z, with a margin of error of +/- 5%.”

3. Confidence Level — How confident do you want to be that the actual mean falls within your confidence interval? The most common confidence intervals are 90% confident, 95% confident, and 99% confident.

4. Standard of Deviation — How much variance do you expect in your responses? Since you haven’t actually administered your survey yet, the safe decision is to use 0.5.

Calculating Sample Size
You can use the expression below to estimate your sample size:

Sample Size = (Z-score)2 * StdDev*(1-StdDev) / (margin of error)2

Your confidence level corresponds to a Z-score. This is a constant value needed for this equation. Here are the z-scores for the most common confidence levels:

90% – Z Score = 1.645
95% – Z Score = 1.96
99% – Z Score = 2.576

Here is an example of how the math works assuming you chose a 95% confidence level, 0.5 standard deviation, and a margin of error (confidence interval) of +/- 5%.

((1.96)2 x .5(.5)) / (.05)2
(3.8416 x .25) / .0025
.9604 / .0025

=384.16

385 respondents are needed

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by Appraisal08: 9:14pm On Oct 01, 2018
I got this from a friend.However,i decided to paste to help out admission seekers
Its for those who want 200level admission by 2019 oh

JUPEB(9 months) + 3years = Bsc(any Nigerian uni)
Cambridge(9 mnths) + 2years = Bsc(USA/UK). www.faceacademiang.org
make una contact dem 08024112581
Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 7:21am On Oct 02, 2018
cordovakari:
Hi! I am about to finish my education and one of the most important tasks is to write a big research. Im out of time and I was recommended to buy an essay. Do you think that it is a big crime to show your teacher not your work? I am not sure that I can do it on my own as well as it should be.

Your message is highly contradictory. Sounds like you are trying to promote the website of selling Essays. You said big research, there is nothing like big or small research. There is no connection between you buying an essay and a research. An essay is different from a research.

Research: is a creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, to provide solutions or establish facts and reach new conclusions and sustainable answers to challenges.

cordovakari:
Do you think that it is a big crime to show your teacher not your work? I am not sure that I can do it on my own as well as it should be.

Yes, its the biggest crime a person would commit in an academic environment. In a practical sense, its called misrepresentation and this attitude are very common with unserious, irresponsible and ill-prepared persons.

Consider this: IF a student submits purchased essays and articles as their own. In such a case the external help is rightfully considered cheating/robbery/fraud/crime/assault/rape because a learner uses someone’s work with no input or effort of their own. If, on the other hand, a student does their best to understand how an essay is written, extract some tips, and use it as guidance to write their own piece, then the practice becomes educational.

Tips: Spend time and be focussed on your academic pursuit. Find supporting friends, get access to many free resources online to guide you! Best wishes

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 7:26am On Oct 02, 2018
Appraisal08:
I got this from a friend.However,i decided to paste to help out admission seekers
Its for those who want 200level admission by 2019 oh

JUPEB(9 months) + 3years = Bsc(any Nigerian uni)
Cambridge(9 mnths) + 2years = Bsc(USA/UK).

This thread is for PhD students, aspirant, PhD holders and above. Read the title before posting.

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by patricktoks(m): 8:15am On Oct 02, 2018
Good morning great scholars,
I have a degree in Agriculture (B. Agric) in Animal science. M. Agric (lactation physiology), And intending to proceed to get a PhD(growth physiology). Please is there any scholarship one can apply for in Nigeria to fund this in any University. Thanks.
Re: Thread For PHD Students by Nobody: 2:00am On Oct 03, 2018
wip7:

Consider the following to make your publishing journey feasible:

1. Identify the research you will work on
2. Consider reading at least 30 reputable articles and some books as secondary sources (literature review)
3. Focus on both the theoretical model, hypothesis and methodology
4. Formulate your research title and work on study area/respondent or primary data sources.


Nice one! You are doing a great job on this thread sir.

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by MonsieurCoder: 7:54am On Oct 13, 2018
wip7:


Please I sent you a mail to the email address on your signature.
Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 12:37pm On Oct 13, 2018
MonsieurCoder:


Please I sent you a mail to the email address on your signature.

I replied all emails. If not kindly resend or ask here!

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by MonsieurCoder: 2:46pm On Oct 13, 2018
wip7:


I replied all emails. If not kindly resend or ask here!

I have resent it. Please check your spam folder.
Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 2:54pm On Oct 13, 2018
MonsieurCoder:


I have resent it. Please check your spam folder.

Replied!

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by tartarus(m): 11:13am On Oct 14, 2018
Salvationone:
Good day house,
You guys are doing great job.
Please I need your advice.
Am currently running my Msc in accounting (Caleb university,Imota,Lagos.)
I need your view,hope there will not be issue when applying for Phd.
Thank you

This is an unrelated question but do you stay off campus? Are there private hostels in Caleb?.
Re: Thread For PHD Students by mustyy: 8:47pm On Oct 15, 2018
Good evening prof. Whip7 and others, thank you for the effort you are making in this thread
I direly need your guidance and advice
I have BSc in Agricultural and environmental resources engineering (2.1) and Msc. In Civil engineering specialization of environmental engineering (PhD grade), I am interested in enrolling PhD and getting into academics. Please advice and guide me whether to continue with agricultural or Civil engineering at PhD level? And will that affect my progress in the academics or other opportunities.
Re: Thread For PHD Students by nickxtra(m): 11:16am On Oct 16, 2018
Nice thread here.

I am a graduate of Philosophy (B.A) Hons. Going for M.A Diplomatic Studies. What doctorate specialization can I study?
Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 7:58pm On Oct 18, 2018
mustyy:
Good evening prof. Whip7 and others, thank you for the effort you are making in this thread
I direly need your guidance and advice
I have BSc in Agricultural and environmental resources engineering (2.1) and Msc. In Civil engineering specialization of environmental engineering (PhD grade), I am interested in enrolling PhD and getting into academics. Please advice and guide me whether to continue with agricultural or Civil engineering at PhD level? And will that affect my progress in the academics or other opportunities.

Both fields are okay and in demand. However, you need to consider what you personally have interests on, where you plan to work and settle down. Some program or courses are not common in some countries while some have higher demand and facilities to carry out research. So consider all those and make your decision.

Best wishes!

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by wip7: 8:00pm On Oct 18, 2018
nickxtra:
Nice thread here.

I am a graduate of Philosophy (B.A) Hons. Going for M.A Diplomatic Studies. What doctorate specialization can I study?

Try to enroll in your proposed MA program and complete it first. Then, you can ask for doctorate specialization.

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Re: Thread For PHD Students by nickxtra(m): 6:17am On Oct 19, 2018
wip7:


Try to enroll in your proposed MA program and complete it first. Then, you can ask for doctorate specialization.
Okay. Thanks for the response

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