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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.

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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Danny Ward

Danny is a third year PhD student at the John Innes Centre and the University of...

Dr John Young

Dr Young gained his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. He is now a...

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Annabel Farnood

Annabel is a third-year PhD student at the University of Glasgow, looking at the effects of...

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Alex Fitzpatrick

Alex is a PhD student at the University of Bradford researching ritual and funerary rites in...

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Fabian van den Berg

Fabian's in the final year of his PhD research at Maastricht University. His project is about...

Dr Ipsa Jain

Dr Jain gained her PhD in Molecular Oncology from the Indian Institute of Science. She is...

Kat Ross

Kat is in the second year of her PhD at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy...

Julia Di

Julia is entering the third year of a combined master's and PhD program at Stanford University....

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Ryan Javanshir

Ryan is in the final write up stages of his PhD at the University of Southampton....

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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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