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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.

Julia Di

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

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Maria Sharif

Maria is a 1st year PhD student at the University of Birmingham, researching how to employ...

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Akshay Deoras

Akshay is in the final year of his PhD researching how well models can predict Indian...

Elmira Vagapova

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

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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...

Guy Cameron

Guy is in the 3rd and final year of his PhD in Immunology and Microbiology at...

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Julia Ravey

Julia's in her final year of her PhD at University College London. Her research is helping...

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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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Daisy Shearer

Daisy's a year and half into her PhD at the University of Surrey. Her research project...

Charlene N. Rivera Bonet

Charlene is a 5th year PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She studies depression and...

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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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