Hi, I'm a mature student (52) hoping to achieve BA(Honours) Humanities next year with a view to moving on to study for a PhD. I'm currently trying to gather as much info as possible as I have no idea of what to expect regarding study, applying for a placement or what the process is in choosing a research subject. Can anyone give me an idea of what life is like as a post grad doing a PhD? How many hours do you work? How do you come to a decision regarding your research subject, do you need to present a very specific subject or a broad idea that can honed down? My specialities are music and English and I have some good ideas (I think!) for a subject but I haven't fine tuned anything yet. As you may gather I know very little on this subject so any info would be gratefully accepted!
