ogbonti:
wether it his story is true or false, my thing is

you want to spend $43,000 to acquire an academic certificate to become a certified slave working for someone else OR becoming a teacher in one school, and still prone to taking orders, run around and getting fired someday - on top of your hard earned money that was given away for tuition INCLUDING your valuable time spent on reading the ideas of other men tucked in books?


my brother - please i beg you in the name of God, sit down and think of a good business you can start easily with $10,000 and keep the remaining $33,000 in your account. If and when you break even - then apply another $10, 000 from your reserves to shore up your business. so before you exhaust half of that money you will be better positioned for life and there will be no regrets

those who spent their own $43,000 to go to school for PhD will come applying in your company to be your employee in 10 years time, and they will be praying u give them a chance to be your slave. i know you want to have PhD at the end of your name but do remember, when you succeed in business and you become a philanthropist, universities will line up to give you doctoral degrees (honoris causa)

even the great Azikiwe was not a PhD holder but he got his own doctoral as a honorary degree, and he was called Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe until he died.

Mike Zuckerberg was a Harvard drop out- when he got rich through facebook, the same Harvard he dropped out from as an undergraduate gave him a honorary doctoral degree. Go figure!


never aspire to be an employee all your life, nobody can ever pay you what you are worth

- Rich Dad, Poor Dad

neutralmind:
Waiting for the experts

jesmond3945:
which kind of advise is this? op please dont listen to this. In uk, as a phd stusdent you are encouraged to bring ideas that can be funded. Many phd students in uk are springing up start ups here and there. is only nigerians that always think of buying and selling but forget that a business is supposed to solve problems. Infact you need a phd to open up your brains to ideas and opportunities where people cannot see.

obstead200:
aunty, u are not being realistic. Maybe u are one of those silverspoon fed kids who are guaranteed a job placement back here in Naija. Or u are just schooling for the fun of it.(maybe because Ur husband wants a wife with a PhD).

Now listen, to be realistic, a PhD is basically a means to an end. And the end is simply more money.

So, for me, I can't spend that amount on any PhD except I have a position locked down waiting for me to step into as soon as I am done. Or unless I am very sure of getting a job placement in that foreign land as soon as I am done. If not, then the only way I can undertake such a PhD is through scholarship.

Trust me, PhD is research based. Which means u can do it anywhere, as long as u are willing to do the donkey work, u will still turn out a wonderful research and contribute greatly to the body of knowledge.
I however, had to admit that research is easier over there in UK cos u have access to prime data sources, premium online libraries and current methodologies.

Trello:
Hello everyone - I'm not quite sure whether this is the right section to post this.

Anyways, I currently hold a Master's degree and I also recently gained admission into a PhD program in a UK university but with no funding from the school and the estimated total cost of the tuition and living expenses amount to about #16 million for the 3 years.

So, I decided to come seek the opinion of folks here with better experience if it really worth spending this amount in the long run or should I rather invest this amount?

Thank you in advance!

kikero:


Upthread, I posted a Vanguard article from 2016 about the problem of there being not enough lecturers. I'll post the relevant bit again...



The person speaking is an ASUU official by the way.

In the older universities, that isn't much of an issue. It's the younger government universities and the private universities where the problem is.

You're lucky. Many universities in Nigeria aren't that fortunate.

benji93:
The bolded is not quite correct. You cannot do it from just anywhere. The availability of online sources is not the only factor. The credibility of your supervisor matters a lot, probably more than the accessibility of information. The availability of information is not quite a factor today actually. In general, most PhD students need guidance during their PhD, as they conduct their research. Getting a good to great mentorship, as you can imagine mostly depends on your supervisor. There's also the problem of what is called wonderful research. This is largely based on what those top-end professors call it. You may not do great during your Phd, but the clout of your supervisor may just be enough to get you those enviable post-doctoral research fellowships. There's a lot of politics in research too.

Bolognese:
If you’re doing a lab - based research, and if your supervisor is a difficult person, trust me it will affect you.

If he does 8 hours per week and earns minimum wage of £8.21/hour, that will barely cover his transport to and from work/Uni, rent and feeding for the month.

obstead200:
I agree. The quality of Ur research is ultimately what your supervisor says it is. I and running a PhD programme.
I know a professor in my faculty of whom I will be ashamed to have him supervise even a PGD project work. The work will be so substandard that External examiners will make mincemeat of such work.
But he is a professor, and due to politics, nobody questions the nonsense he supervises.

jesmond3945:
which kind of advise is this? op please dont listen to this. In uk, as a phd stusdent you are encouraged to bring ideas that can be funded. Many phd students in uk are springing up start ups here and there. is only nigerians that always think of buying and selling but forget that a business is supposed to solve problems. Infact you need a phd to open up your brains to ideas and opportunities where people cannot see.

joelbooks:
Not worth it...since they're alternative in Nigeria with less than one million considering your predicament

sexylassie2:
you should be looking for scholarships and grants not wasting that money

16 million is a bad investment for a phd.

use some of that money to immigrate to canada and do your phd there, you might even get s cholarships

erico2k2:

How old are you? the way you are talking made me to ask!

ayoelegs:


My advice is simply this: PhD in UK is overrated. You can get the same degree in other European countries and you will be paid at least a 1000 euro monthly and not you paying. Example of such country is Germany, Portugal and Spain. They have English programmes and you don't need to worry. If you have to learn the language then do it. You can inbox me for more info.

ogbonti:



mr. world problem solver- my uncle has a phd from university of london and MBA from oxford- you want to know what he is doing right now? he is a faculty staff at UNIBEN. does he make $10,000 a year? i seriously doubt it ... he is 47 years old so do not think he is some old man.

do you know how many UK phd’s are littered all over Nigeria living very average lives? i mean barely getting by? when harvard university did their alumni meeting in Nigeria recently- i didn’t see one known multimillionaire amongst them - they were mostly lecturers and small small kwe kwe manager here and there maybe getting paid like N200k a month

use your brain oooo, a word is enough for the wise- except you want to be added to the army of frustrated phds in Nigeria always making noise on NTA sunrise as some social commentator. if that’s what you want for your life and your family- then go ahead!

uk phd ko, germany professor ni ... ideas ideas like say na your own idea UK need to survive- did Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Elam Musk, Michael Bloomberg - these are billionaires- did they need to have PhD to think? tell me, do you know how many phds are on their payroll as just staff members? for your information almost everyone i mentioned above are all college drop outs!


in this modern world where conventional education in most fields and way of thinking is almost outdated you - you want to burn your hard earned cash on some worthless phd? hmmmm - your village people are on your case right now


when they hand over that paper bearing phd to you and u don take picture finish with gown for convocation and the uk gives you 1 year to work in a barber shop before they boot you out of their country - don’t come here to recite stories that touch, a word is enough for the wise

Trello:
Hello everyone - I'm not quite sure whether this is the right section to post this.

Anyways, I currently hold a Master's degree and I also recently gained admission into a PhD program in a UK university but with no funding from the school and the estimated total cost of the tuition and living expenses amount to about #16 million for the 3 years.

So, I decided to come seek the opinion of folks here with better experience if it really worth spending this amount in the long run or should I rather invest this amount?

Thank you in advance!

ayoelegs:


My advice is simply this: PhD in UK is overrated. You can get the same degree in other European countries and you will be paid at least a 1000 euro monthly and not you paying. Example of such country is Germany, Portugal and Spain. They have English programmes and you don't need to worry. If you have to learn the language then do it. You can inbox me for more info.

Trello:
Hello everyone - I'm not quite sure whether this is the right section to post this.

Anyways, I currently hold a Master's degree and I also recently gained admission into a PhD program in a UK university but with no funding from the school and the estimated total cost of the tuition and living expenses amount to about #16 million for the 3 years.

So, I decided to come seek the opinion of folks here with better experience if it really worth spending this amount in the long run or should I rather invest this amount?

Thank you in advance!

CoronaVirusPro:


Naxo.

4m will buy a PhD there cash down.

CoronaVirusPro:


Tales by moonlight

jesmond3945:

I am sorry your Uncle was probably sponsored and was bonded to return to the University or probably he wanted to return home. This is because with his qualification he is on his way to earning millions if he harnessed the opportunity that came to his way.
Most Uk phd holders in Nigeria are sponsored and bonded to return home to serve in the university and also the immigration policy in Uk before now mandated students to return home after studies but this has changed now with brexit.
Another thing is that most Nigerians who come here for studies don't maximize the opportunities given to them. Take for example, how can you get 50 million for Phd and you come here and study about fishes or some other irrelevant research areas. They always want the easy way out. If you want to do Phd, carry your research in areas that are relevant to the world economy. We have areas like Machine learning, AI, cancer, cybersecurity, quantum science, renewable energy that are hot but our people will prefer to do irrelevant stuff just to answer Phd holder. Only AI and Machine learning alone has spurned thousands of start up with billions of dollars in funding. Like I said the phd period is a time to kill pleasure and embrace hardwork. Learn as much as you can. I know how I encourage my friends to learn python and java even when there course doesn't require such. My slogan is 'you never know tommorow'
All those billionaires you mentioned have one thing in common using ICT to solve problems. Elon Musk was a co-owner of paypal before he ventured into tesla, who are the people doing research and design for him? you think without R and D these guys will survive. Also, america is a capitalist economy making it easy to be a billionaire. if it is was russia or china the state will cut you to size.
Yes there are worthless Phds and useful Phds but our people would never want to do useful Phd because of the stress and sleepless nights.

jesmond3945:

I am sorry your Uncle was probably sponsored and was bonded to return to the University or probably he wanted to return home. This is because with his qualification he is on his way to earning millions if he harnessed the opportunity that came to his way.
Most Uk phd holders in Nigeria are sponsored and bonded to return home to serve in the university and also the immigration policy in Uk before now mandated students to return home after studies but this has changed now with brexit.
Another thing is that most Nigerians who come here for studies don't maximize the opportunities given to them. Take for example, how can you get 50 million for Phd and you come here and study about fishes or some other irrelevant research areas. They always want the easy way out. If you want to do Phd, carry your research in areas that are relevant to the world economy. We have areas like Machine learning, AI, cancer, cybersecurity, quantum science, renewable energy that are hot but our people will prefer to do irrelevant stuff just to answer Phd holder. Only AI and Machine learning alone has spurned thousands of start up with billions of dollars in funding. Like I said the phd period is a time to kill pleasure and embrace hardwork. Learn as much as you can. I know how I encourage my friends to learn python and java even when there course doesn't require such. My slogan is 'you never know tommorow'
All those billionaires you mentioned have one thing in common using ICT to solve problems. Elon Musk was a co-owner of paypal before he ventured into tesla, who are the people doing research and design for him? you think without R and D these guys will survive. Also, america is a capitalist economy making it easy to be a billionaire. if it is was russia or china the state will cut you to size.
Yes there are worthless Phds and useful Phds but our people would never want to do useful Phd because of the stress and sleepless nights.

winta2008:


How can someone buy a Federal job?