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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 Tahira Anwar

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

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Ellen Brewster

Ellen is in the third year of her PhD at the University of Oxford. Her project...

Lewis Bridgeman

Lewis is a third-year PhD student at CVSSP at the University of Surrey. His research involves...

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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...

Kamalpreet Singh

Kamal is a second year PhD student University of Toronto in the department of Chemistry. His...

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Sam Rose

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

Jay Dave

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

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Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi

Dr Aitsi-Selmi gained her social epidemiology PhD from UCL in 2013. She now runs a private...

Sara Abedi

Sara is currently in the 4th year of the Physics Doctoral Program at The Graduate Center...

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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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