I am interested to hear if anyone has come up with some way of resolving
the following issue, or if anyone has any relevant experiences.
If a PhD student wants to undertake paid work for there department, for
example teaching or demonstrating work, but needs additional support to
do this, for example communication support, what sources of funding
might be available for that support?
We have considered some of the more straight forward options, including
DSA. However, of course in most cases the work is not a requirement of
the course, despite the fact that many departments encourage research
students to take up such work on the basis that it provides valuable
personal development. Access to Work funds also look like another
option but in most cases the amount of work falls below the minimum
hours for eligibility.
Another factor is that one of the students for whom this is an issue is
an international student, and consequently does not have access to any
of the more conventional forms of funding.
Any ideas?
Greg
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