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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.

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Amy Tucker

Amy recently entered her third and final year of her PhD at the University of Strathclyde....

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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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Ellen Brewster

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

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Eleni Routoula

Eleni is nearing the end of her PhD at the University of Sheffield on understanding Peroxidase...

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Julia Ravey

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

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Dr Amit Kumar Singh

Dr Singh earned his PhD in Nanotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India...

Kat Ross

Kat is in the second year of her PhD at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy...

Dr Bishnu Karki

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

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

Christine Streeter

Christine is entering the 4th year of her PhD Carleton University, researching worker’s experiences of the...

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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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