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by Kind » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:06 am
With a pleasure.
My main research area is chemistry and ecology.
I have got a PhD in this subject and is co-author of a couple of articles printed in international journals. I have been working as a Scientific researcher for two of years after.
A cou[ple of years ago i have also got a british Council Scholarship and entered UK to study ecology.
After compleation my course i went back to my country and applied for the HMSP.
I have had 3 years of the PhD course and was not sure whether it could be included into my work experience. I have written a letter to HO and was told that PhD course could be concidered as a work experience, especially if i has been paid for it. In total i had 3,5 years of PhD course and 2 years of working as a Researcher.
I was warried for the reference letter from my employer. I did not state in it that my position required a graduate level , but mentioned my supervising undergraduates. As soon as have got my reference number i have sent an additional Letter stating graduate level of my work. But all this was in vaine. my application had been approved even before i have got my reference number (they post it to me).
So as far as i have understood now they consider documents just in a couple of days and you do not have a time to send something additional. So it is extremely important to be sure that you are sending the whole pack without any mistake.