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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 Amy Easey

Dr Easey has a PhD from the University of East Anglia where she genetically modified viral
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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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Maria Sharif

Maria is a 1st year PhD student at the University of Birmingham, researching how to employ
Akshay Deoras

Akshay Deoras

Akshay is in the final year of his PhD researching how well models can predict Indian
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Julia Ravey

Julia's in her final year of her PhD at University College London. Her research is helping

Dr Ipsa Jain

Dr Jain gained her PhD in Molecular Oncology from the Indian Institute of Science. She is

Frances Boreham

Frances recently completed her PhD at the University of Bristol. Her research investigated the causes and
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Danny Ward

Danny is a third year PhD student at the John Innes Centre and the University of
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Daisy Shearer

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

Elpida Vounzoulaki

Elpida is about to start her third year of PhD research at the University of Leicester.

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Latest Blog Posts

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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Pearson correlation: formula, example and when to use it

Pearson correlation measures how closely two numerical variables follow a straight line. The Pearson correlation coefficient, Pearson’s r, runs from −1 to +1. A value of −1 is a perfect negative straight line, 0 means no linear (straight-line) relationship and +1 is a perfect positive straight line. It’s worked out

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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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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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