Staff or students? PhD students face worst of both worlds in lockdown

Ambiguous status of postgraduate research students in lockdown has underlined why they should be treated as staff, says Rebecca Teague

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January 28, 2021
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#1 Submitted by Lynn.... on January 28, 2021 - 3:12pm
The greatest cost I am facing as a self funded PHD student is that of textbooks as the library is closed. They agreed reluctantly to post a particularly expensive book but stressed it was a one off.

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