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You would usually not just review "the literature" (How would you do that anyway as there are thousands of papers coming out everyday in most fields). I like to see the literature review like buildin …

Most likely no. It is rather the opposite: you might be approached by quite a few publishers that offer to publish your thesis but you will have to pay them and you are most likely not getting anythin …

What you could do is to write them a (very) positive email outlining that you would see this position as a great chance to up your math skills and that is your dream position and that you are willing …

You have to ask your professor. Some of them always want to be kept in the loop while others prefer a cleaner email inbox. There is no way around asking him directly (which shouldn't be a problem anyw …

Some thoughts on this: It certainly helps the committee if (parts of) the thesis were already assessed before - along the lines of "If somebody else already said that this is good then it can't be t …

From my experience going in person is the better choice: They will see you as very motivated and you show that you really want that position and you are not just doing a quick skype interview (and o …

I would not recommend to accept two offers and then later tell them "Oh, sorry guys I didn't mean it". This will certainly create bad blood and academia is in certain fields like a small village. In t …

Depends: Scientifically you will advance more if you change the lab (also grant proposal reviewers, hiring panels etc will pick on this if you don't change lab after PhD) Position-wise it might be better …

Short answer: You don't need acknowledgements at all if you don't want to. I have seen many theses without but this might also be a culture thing of the country you work in (my case is Central Europe) …

That being said there are a few options for you that might be interesting (but it depends what you actually want): If you are interested in a publication record then agree with your former PhD supervisor …

Once you are in you should be aware that doing a PhD (DPhil) in such places is way beyond a "normal" job. It is more a philosophy and you are basically married to your thesis project. …

There is something totally wrong in the communication between your professor and you. Normally this should go like: Professor: Hey, you did some interesting work on XYZ. Next week I will give a prese …

A good example is the new group of fresh PhD students every year that think that they know everything and can conquer the world but the deeper they get into academia the more they realise how little they … This is illustrated (in an ironic way) for example in the well known PhD comics here. …

There is no generic answer. It depends very much on the programme and university: check their admission criteria and maybe contact responsible people attaching your documents. For example in Europe we …

While the name of your undergrad university certainly plays a role, your personal excellence is much more important. You need to show this in your CV and in your application. For example, if you are 1 …