Whose got the most recession-proof job?

lana22

aurora_borealis wrote: »

Snap, except I'm a proper doctor

I wonder how academics will fare?

How do you mean proper doctor?

Not sure academics do that well financially to start with, but I imagine university funding will be pretty stable.

aurora_borealis_2

lana22 wrote: »

How do you mean proper doctor?

Not sure academics do that well financially to start with, but I imagine university funding will be pretty stable.

PhD - it was a joke!

I do very well financially actually, it all depends where you are on the ladder, same as any other profession.

I'm seconded for one more year to a university from a healthcare provider - I do worry what will happen next.

lana22

aurora_borealis wrote: »

PhD - it was a joke!

I do very well financially actually, it all depends where you are on the ladder, same as any other profession.

I'm seconded for one more year to a university from a healthcare provider - I do worry what will happen next.

I have a friend who we call Dr Dr, because she has both a PhD and a medical degree

As far as I can see Unis will be safe. I hope in some ways that science particularly becomes a more lucrative career in comparison to, say, banking, so that it becomes more attractive to the brightest students.

aurora_borealis_2

lana22 wrote: »

I have a friend who we call Dr Dr, because she has both a PhD and a medical degree

As far as I can see Unis will be safe. I hope in some ways that science particularly becomes a more lucrative career in comparison to, say, banking, so that it becomes more attractive to the brightest students.

I hope so too.

Things are shifting though, definitely.

Several research funders have changed strategies recently.

Cancer Research UK has opted out of palliative care research, as one example.

I've heard of several major research teams whose funding has been pulled. Scary :eek:

lana22

:eek:

aurora_borealis wrote: »

I hope so too.

Things are shifting though, definitely.

Several research funders have changed strategies recently.

Cancer Research UK has opted out of palliative care research, as one example.

I've heard of several major research teams whose funding has been pulled. Scary :eek:

I didn't know that, actually. That is scary.
On the other hand, I read recently that Brighton and Sussex Medical School have outsourced their teaching of pharmacology/therapeutics to drugs companies, perhaps they can raise funds that way:eek:

amcluesent

> you get a cheque for £71.<

I have some relatives who are in their 80s. Reckon I'll ask their GP for a kick-back.

epz_2

lana22 wrote: »

We (doctors) actually "benefit" from people having cremations instead of burials.
Every time someone who you have been looking after dies and you fill out the cremation form (authorisation to cremate the body and checking there is no pacemaker) you get a cheque for £71.

do I (as a tax payer) end up paying that or the deceaseds estate?

bo_drinker

lana22 wrote: »

We (doctors) actually "benefit" from people having cremations instead of burials.
Every time someone who you have been looking after dies and you fill out the cremation form (authorisation to cremate the body and checking there is no pacemaker) you get a cheque for £71.

Is it any wonder the NHS and the country is in the state it's in £71 to fill in a form. Daylight robbery. :mad:

Really2

baby_boomer wrote: »

Children still need teaching.

True , but we should get some good ones trained one day.

lynzpower

bo_drinker wrote: »

Is it any wonder the NHS and the country is in the state it's in £71 to fill in a form. Daylight robbery. :mad:

or paying someone who you are already paying extra for simply doing thier job.

Something simply has to be done what a !!!!take