Hi everyone,
I have a Bachelor's and Master's in Biochemistry and have both worked and received a fellowship during my PhD studies. The work I did during my PhD and was paid for is relevant to the occupation I am applying for. I do medical/scientific research in an academic setting. I got my PhD title in 11/2021, but continued getting paid the same and doing the same work, because the title is a consequence of my work and not the opposite. Only difference is that now I am officially a "post-doc". In summary, this is what I have:
12/2015 - Masters degree concluded
02/2016-02/2019 3 years work contract (academia/research)
02/2019-07/2020 1.5 years fellowship (academia/research)
07/2020-12/2020 0.5 years work contract (academia/research)
01/2021-07/2021 0.5 years work contract (industry)
07/2021-today 1.5 years work contract (academia/research)
PhD was defended officially in the middle of my current work contract (11/2021). It changed nothing in terms of my work situation.
Other than the 6 months industry job, I have been working on the same place, and my job has naturally developed into what it is today. All experience I have acquired, including the 1.5 years paid with a fellowship, are relevant to the kind of work/job I want to apply for. With that said, does anyone have any idea on what I can expect?
I either see it as one of 3 possibilities:
1 - Fellowship disregarded, all other work relevant: >5 years work experience as biochemist/life scientist (10 points). PhD acknowleged (20 points) = 30 points total
2 - All work before PhD disregarded. 1.5 years work experience considered (0 points). PhD acknowledged (20 points) = 20 points total
3 - Fellowship disregarded, all other work relevant: >5 years work experience as biochemist/life scientist (10 points). Master's degree acknowleged (15 points) = 25 points total.
VETASSESS is terribly ambiguous and I have no idea what to expect. Do they look at all my qualifications? Do they only judge one? Is PhD work considered as work experience if remunerated accordingly and relevant for the career? Any peer would consider me to be a scientist with almost 7 years of work experience, but I can't for the life of me understand what VETASSESS would consider me as. All the paid work I have done during my PhD could be done by someone with a master's without any intention of following a PhD and was remunerated as such, in which case they would score 25 points (situation 2), so it seems silly that I would score less points by choosing to do a PhD and "lose" that work experience and score only 20 points.
Any idea of what I can expect? I can anyway score 80 points in the worst case scenario and I am not in a rush to get a visa, so I was thinking of going for it regardless.
Thanks a lot for any help or suggestions!
I have a Bachelor's and Master's in Biochemistry and have both worked and received a fellowship during my PhD studies. The work I did during my PhD and was paid for is relevant to the occupation I am applying for. I do medical/scientific research in an academic setting. I got my PhD title in 11/2021, but continued getting paid the same and doing the same work, because the title is a consequence of my work and not the opposite. Only difference is that now I am officially a "post-doc". In summary, this is what I have:
12/2015 - Masters degree concluded
02/2016-02/2019 3 years work contract (academia/research)
02/2019-07/2020 1.5 years fellowship (academia/research)
07/2020-12/2020 0.5 years work contract (academia/research)
01/2021-07/2021 0.5 years work contract (industry)
07/2021-today 1.5 years work contract (academia/research)
PhD was defended officially in the middle of my current work contract (11/2021). It changed nothing in terms of my work situation.
Other than the 6 months industry job, I have been working on the same place, and my job has naturally developed into what it is today. All experience I have acquired, including the 1.5 years paid with a fellowship, are relevant to the kind of work/job I want to apply for. With that said, does anyone have any idea on what I can expect?
I either see it as one of 3 possibilities:
1 - Fellowship disregarded, all other work relevant: >5 years work experience as biochemist/life scientist (10 points). PhD acknowleged (20 points) = 30 points total
2 - All work before PhD disregarded. 1.5 years work experience considered (0 points). PhD acknowledged (20 points) = 20 points total
3 - Fellowship disregarded, all other work relevant: >5 years work experience as biochemist/life scientist (10 points). Master's degree acknowleged (15 points) = 25 points total.
VETASSESS is terribly ambiguous and I have no idea what to expect. Do they look at all my qualifications? Do they only judge one? Is PhD work considered as work experience if remunerated accordingly and relevant for the career? Any peer would consider me to be a scientist with almost 7 years of work experience, but I can't for the life of me understand what VETASSESS would consider me as. All the paid work I have done during my PhD could be done by someone with a master's without any intention of following a PhD and was remunerated as such, in which case they would score 25 points (situation 2), so it seems silly that I would score less points by choosing to do a PhD and "lose" that work experience and score only 20 points.
Any idea of what I can expect? I can anyway score 80 points in the worst case scenario and I am not in a rush to get a visa, so I was thinking of going for it regardless.
Thanks a lot for any help or suggestions!
