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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.

Kamalpreet Singh

Kamal is a second year PhD student University of Toronto in the department of Chemistry. His...

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Dr Amit Kumar Singh

Dr Singh earned his PhD in Nanotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India...

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

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Aaron Jones

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

Elpida Vounzoulaki

Elpida is about to start her third year of PhD research at the University of Leicester....

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Raluca Gaina

Raluca is a final year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London. Her research is...

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Dr Sam Rowe

Dr Rowe gained his PhD in the fields of Chemistry and Biological Sciences from the University...

Harneet Sangha

Harneet's heading into the fourth year of her PhD at the University of Leicester. Her research...

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Sam Rose

Sam is a new PhD student at Teesside University. Her research is focussed on better understanding...

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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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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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