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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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Carina Nicu

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

Kamalpreet Singh

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

Henry Powell-Davies

Henry is in the first year of his PhD in the Cronin Group at the University...

Dr John Young

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

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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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Hannah Lewis

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

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Dr Nikolay Nikolov

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

Dr Ipsa Jain

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

Dr Amy Easey

Dr Easey has a PhD from the University of East Anglia where she genetically modified viral...

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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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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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