I do, to cut down on emails & make hidden knowledge more equally availablepic.twitter.com/HSHc7kfshj
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There are exceptions, but they are rare. And it definitely doesn't go down like in these tweets.
Yeah the system in the US (and Canada?) is way different. Profs have near complete control over who is admitted so to improve their chances, people try to connect in advance. You can see how it would be rife with bias/exacerbate disparities.
Profs have control over who is admitted here too. But you still interview separately. The funding is a different story, way more complex — can't boil down into a single tweet. Also I'm just talking psych and in the departments I've worked. Can't speak for whole UK academia!
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