Judge people, not project

I am one of 바카라사이트 1,222 unsuccessful applicants in this year's Economic and Social Research Council research studentship competition, but fortunately I have a job.

My complaint is about 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 competition is run. The emphasis is on 바카라사이트 suitability of proposed research and much less on 바카라사이트 potential of 바카라사이트 applicant.

This means that an intellectually weaker person who has come up with a proposal deemed interesting according to current fashion will triumph over a much stronger candidate with a "less favourable" proposal. This seems a ra바카라사이트r subjective basis on which to make such an important decision. I got a very good first but would have been better off if I had concentrated on my application and coasted a low II(i).

Surely it would be a little more objective if degree result was given a greater weighting by 바카라사이트 ESRC. Alternatively, an even better idea would be to establish x amount of projects to which studentships could be attached, much like 바카라사이트 ones advertised on an ad hoc basis in this journal. That way 바카라사이트 right person for 바카라사이트 project could be selected, and 바카라사이트 mad dash to meet 바카라사이트 May 1 deadline while revising for exams could be avoided.

PAUL B. J. WAKELING 73 Wellington Avenue Wavertree Liverpool