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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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Annabel Farnood

Annabel is a third-year PhD student at the University of Glasgow, looking at the effects of...

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Maria Sharif

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

Rose Waugh

Rose is a final year PhD student at the University of St Andrews. Her research is...

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Dr Amit Kumar Singh

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

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Chris Proctor

Chris is a third (and final) year PhD student at Ulster University. His project aims to...

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Abdullah recently finished his PhD at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His computer science research...

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Helena Bates

Helena is a final year PhD student at the Natural History Museum in London and the...

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Prof Debby Cotton

Prof Cotton gained her DPhil in the school of education at Oxford University. She is now...

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Amy Tucker

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

Dr Kirell Benzi

Dr Benzi gained his PhD in Data Science from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in...

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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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