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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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Daisy Shearer

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

Emma Strand

Emma is a third year PhD student at the University of Rhode Island. Her research focuses...

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Amy Tucker

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

Dr Theanne Griffith

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

Nidhi Menon

Nidhi is a PhD student at Virginia Tech, focused on developing an engineered platform to study...

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Noelia is just two months away from submitting her PhD thesis at the University of East...

Kyle Morgenstein

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

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Sam Rose

Sam is a new PhD student at Teesside University. Her research is focussed on better understanding...

Dr Sherran Clarence

Dr Clarence gained her PhD in Higher Education Studies from Rhodes University, South Africa in 2013....

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Chris Sampson

Chris is making minor corrections to his PhD thesis post-viva at the University of Nottingham. His...

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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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