MOVING TO FRONT FROM THIS MORNING--UPDATED
This is a pretty unappealing portrait by a recent BPhil student; from his summation:
In sum, partly due to systematic funding cuts facing UK Higher Education institutions in the last few years, there are several reasons why the Oxford BPhil can be a bad choice for students (but which are not very widely known).
These not so good things are:
- - Expensive fees
- - Almost zero funding options
- - Overpopulated classes
- - Relatively little supervision
- - Lots of deadlines and independent work
- - Very little distinctive advantage for PhD applications
I'm opening comments for reactions or corrections to the description of the BPhil in the preceding.
UPDATE: See the helpful response in the comments from Professor Timpson, Chair of the Philosophy Faculty Board at Oxford.
