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Doing a PhD outside Brazil: a comparison between Brazil

and UK

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PhD student: Hernani Fernandes Magalhes de Oliveira
Supervisors: Stephen Rossiter & Elizabeth Clare

What are ecological networks?

What are ecological networks?

Problems with the study of ecological


networks
Traditional methods simplify diets (e.g. few plastic diets)
Molecular methods increase the power of the analysis
Observations

Molecular data added

Wirta et al. 2014

Study Object
Phyllostomidae family
High diversity inside a family
51 genera and 147 species
High diversity of feeding habits
High diversity in the tropics

Methods
Collect guano of neotropical bats
Morphometric measures
Use DNA barcoding to identify items in the diet
Use stable isotopes to quantify items in the diet
Build networks of interaction between prey and
predators according to the items in their faeces

Similarities and differences between a


PhD in Brazil versus a PhD in the UK

PhD in the UK
University of London
Founded in 1836
18 campus
Second biggest university in terms of number of students
full time
185 thousands of studants in total
74 Nobel Prizes

PhD in the UK
Queen Mary University of London
15 thousand of students
Between the 100 best universities in the world
Between the 12 best universities in the UK (Russel
Group of leading British research universities)

PhD in the UK

No courses
Fees of the university (20 thousand pounds/year)
Value of the scholarship (1700 pounds/month)
Investiments in courses, conferences and in the project
Building the PhD project
Follow ups by meetings
Infra-structure
Funding for projects
Research style
Probability of earning money
Queen Mary University of London
Oportunities

PhD in the UK
Main habilities required for a PhD in the UK

Independence
Adaptability
*Knowing the language
Knowing how to deal with people

Characteristics valued by the english


Objectivity
Organization
Attention to little details
Focus

PhD in the UK x PhD in Brazil


Strengths of doing a PhD in the UK

Networking with renowed and influential researchers


Acquiring a better english fluence
Learning how they plan and do a reseach project
Funding for bigger projects
High density of good universities

Strengths of doing a PhD in Brazil

String academic formation and basis


Critical sense
Proximity with the object of study
Sociality and sharing knowledge

Tips and observations


Think carefully about who is going to be your supervisor
and look for his research group
Uk system is more flexible and adaptable then it looks like
depending on the university that you are studying
Projects start to be developed in the first year
Funding for 3/3 and a half years
PhD is seeing partially as a job
A PhD can help you to find a job outside academia
Funding money comes from the supervisors usually
Foreign students are more expensive than british ones

English can be more reserved and a little bit werid when


you compare with the Brazilian culture

How to get funding?


Evoldir list
Research and get in touch by e-mail
Publications and courses always help to
improve the CV
A lot of times they dont want someone
perfect, but someone perfect for that project
Some specific skills are more important
sometimes than publications

Thank you!
Contact: oliveira.hfm@gmail.com

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