Let me know how you get on, and if it's worth my investing in a pedicure.

Rich benefactor PI as co-supervisor? Failing that, OnlyFans (she says, only half joking).

Would you not just write it into a grant which covers the experiments, but doesn't ask for staff costs, stating that your employer will fund the fees and stipend of a PhD student who will deliver the work in the grant? It would be part of the institutional support spiel.

Please send enquiries to my University of Glasgow email address (which you can find online via a simple search), rather than a chat message on BlueSky. Thank you.

Nothing new for him it seems

Try a Teams call right to work check with passport to get paid for running labs for a different department within the same university. The Teams call became a in-person attendance at the departments HR the year after. Nope, you're going to need someone else to teach this lab.

Happy to have a quick look at it @aharms485.bsky.social to see if its suitable for Access Microbiology.
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