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Read our exclusive interviews with past and current PhD students to find out what it’s like to do a PhD.

Sammy Chapman Profile

Sammy Chapman

Sammy is a second year PhD student at Cardiff Metropolitan University researching how secondary school teachers

Jay Dave

Jay is in the third year of his PhD at Savitribai Phule Pune University, researching the

Dr John Young

Dr Young gained his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. He is now a
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Bijou Basu

Bijou is a second year MD-PhD candidate, starting her second year of medical school. At the

Dr Bishnu Karki

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

Dr Gita Pathak

Dr Pathak gained her PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of North Texas Health Science

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca recently finished her PhD at the University of York. Her research investigated the adaptations that
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Dr Nikolay Nikolov

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

Dr Rowan Hooper

Dr Hooper gained his PhD in evolutionary biology from the the University of Sheffield. He is
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Daisy Shearer

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

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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.

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Likert scale: examples, scoring and how to analyse data

A Likert scale measures an attitude by asking how strongly people agree or disagree with several statements, usually on five or seven labelled points. Each answer gets a number, and a person’s score is the total (or average) across the statements. Rensis Likert introduced the method in 1932. One statement

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T-test explained: types, formula and a real worked example

A t-test checks whether a difference in means is bigger than chance would explain, given the spread of your data and your sample size. It comes in three versions. A one-sample t-test compares one mean with a fixed value. An independent t-test compares two separate groups, and a paired t-test

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PhD salary in Europe: what PhD students earn by country

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Doctoral training partnerships (DTPs) and CDTs explained

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PhD in Finland: fees, doctoral salary and how to apply

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