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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...

Prof Ramesh Raghupathi

Prof Raghupathi gained his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1991....

Dr Sherran Clarence

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

Dr Tahira Anwar

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

Dr Zoë Ayres

Dr Ayres completed her PhD at the University of Warwick in 2017, researching the use of...

Nina Higson-Sweeney

Nina's in the first year of her PhD in the Department of Psychology at the University...

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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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Ryan Javanshir

Ryan is in the final write up stages of his PhD at the University of Southampton....

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Prof Debby Cotton

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

Pavan Bagri

Pavan's nearing completion of her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree at the University of Toronto, whilst...

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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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