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Read our exclusive interviews with past and current PhD students to find out what it’s like to do a PhD.

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Aaron Jones

Aaron's now writing up his PhD thesis at the University of Birmingham. His research has investigated...

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Eleni Routoula

Eleni is nearing the end of her PhD at the University of Sheffield on understanding Peroxidase...

Pei Qin (Sabrina) Ng

Sabrina's in the third year of her PhD at The University of Adelaide. Her esearch combines...

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Dr Emily Roberts

Dr Roberts gained her PhD from Duke University in 2014 in the field of biomedical engineering....

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Amy Tucker

Amy recently entered her third and final year of her PhD at the University of Strathclyde....

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Christian Nathan

Christian is a PhD student at the University of Leeds. His research project investigatores the role...

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Hannah Lewis

Hannah is a 1st year PhD student at Cardiff Metropolitan University. The aim of her research...

Dr Vanessa Cesário

Dr Cesário has a PhD in Digital Media from the University of Porto. She's now pursuing...

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Daniel Hernandez

Daniel is a third year PhD student at the University of York. His research is based...

Michele Ponzelli

Michele is a first-year PhD candidate in a double degree program between the University of Girona...

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Writing Habits That Work

Don’t Let Research Overwhelm You: Writing Habits that Work

There’s no doubt about it – writing can be difficult. Whether you’re writing the first sentence of a paper or a grant proposal, it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in a sea of words. However, good writing is critical to academic success, so here are six habits for research...

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