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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.

Dr Vanessa Cesário

Dr Cesário has a PhD in Digital Media from the University of Porto. She's now pursuing...

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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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Dr Nikolay Nikolov

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

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Kai Arulkumaran

Kai is a PhD student at Imperial College London. His research centres around sample efficiency, transfer...

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Bethany Cliffe

Bethany is a 1st year PhD student at the University of Bath, researching the adaptation of...

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Daniel Hernandez

Daniel is a third year PhD student at the University of York. His research is based...

Dr Tahira Anwar

Dr Anwar gained her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Helsinki in 2019. She is...

Dr Bishnu Karki

Dr Karki gained his PhD in the field of Nuclear and Particle Physics from Ohio University...

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Prof Debby Cotton

Prof Cotton gained her DPhil in the school of education at Oxford University. She is now...

Julia Di

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

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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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