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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.

Helena Hartmann

Helena is pursuing a PhD at the University of Vienna. Her research is centred around how...

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Amy Tucker

Amy recently entered her third and final year of her PhD at the University of Strathclyde....

Dr Jerelle A Joseph

Dr Joseph gained her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 2018 and is...

Gabrielle Huizinga

Gabrielle's a 2nd year Immunology PhD student at the University of Michigan. Her research focus on...

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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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Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi

Dr Aitsi-Selmi gained her social epidemiology PhD from UCL in 2013. She now runs a private...

Dr Theanne Griffith

Dr Griffith gained her PhD in Neuroscience from Northwestern University in 2015. She is now a...

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Chris Proctor

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

Kyle Morgenstein

Kyle's in the first year of his PhD at the University of Texas in Austin. His...

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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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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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