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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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Bijou Basu

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

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Dr Joe Manning

Dr Manning gained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 2019. He...

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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...

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Dr Kat Day

Dr Day gained her PhD Physical Chemistry at the University of Nottingham in 2000. She is...

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Carina Nicu

Carina is a PhD student at The University of Manchester who has just defended her viva....

Dr Jerelle A Joseph

Dr Joseph gained her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 2018 and 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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Christian Nathan

Christian is a PhD student at the University of Leeds. His research project investigatores the role...

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Freija Mendrik

Freija is half way through her PhD at the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull,...

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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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