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PhD Student and Postdoc Experiences

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

Dr Chris Pattison

Dr Pattison gained his PhD in Cosmology from the University of Portsmouth. He is now finishing...

Jad Mahmoud Halabi

Jad is a 4th year PhD student at New York University Abu Dhabi/ New York. His...

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Bijou Basu

Bijou is a second year MD-PhD candidate, starting her second year of medical school. At the...

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Aaron Jones

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

Dr Nafisa M. Jadavji

Dr Jadavji completed her PhD in Medical Genetics & Neuroscience from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in...

Jay Dave

Jay is in the third year of his PhD at Savitribai Phule Pune University, researching the...

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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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Sammy Chapman

Sammy is a second year PhD student at Cardiff Metropolitan University researching how secondary school teachers...

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Dr Kat Day

Dr Day gained her PhD Physical Chemistry at the University of Nottingham in 2000. She is...

Noelia Dominguez Falcon

Noelia is just two months away from submitting her PhD thesis at the University of East...

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Find out everything you need to know about PhDs, from writing an academic cover letter to preparing a research proposal, secure funding and finding a supportive PhD supervisor.

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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