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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 Jonathan D. Morrow

Dr Morrow gained his MD-PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan. He now splits his...

Dr Sunni Patel

Dr Patel gained his PhD in 2011 from Aston University, researching risk factors & systemic biomarkers...

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Sammy Chapman

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

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Dr Nikolay Nikolov

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

Dr Omotayo Ilesanmi

Dr Ilesanmi has a PhD in Applied Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo...

Emma Strand

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

Noelia Dominguez Falcon

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

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Hannah Lewis

Hannah is a 1st year PhD student at Cardiff Metropolitan University. The aim of her research...

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Raluca Gaina

Raluca is a final year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London. Her research is...

Harneet Sangha

Harneet's heading into the fourth year of her PhD at the University of Leicester. Her research...

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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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