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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.

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Nick Ballou

Nick is a first year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London. The long-term goal...

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Dr Emily Roberts

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

Dr Harry Hothi

Dr Hothi gained his PhD in Orthopaedic Engineering from Queen Mary University of London in 2012....

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Chris Proctor

Chris is a third (and final) year PhD student at Ulster University. His project aims to...

Elmira Vagapova

Elmira is in the third year of her PhD program at the Moscow Institute of Physics...

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Danny Ward

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

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Dr Sam Rowe

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

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Dr Nikolay Nikolov

Dr Nikolov gained his PhD in the area of Anthropology of Architecture from UCL in 2020....

Michele Ponzelli

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

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Carina Nicu

Carina is a PhD student at The University of Manchester who has just defended her viva....

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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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