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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 Jonathan D. Morrow

Dr Morrow gained his MD-PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan. He now splits his...

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Dr Nikolay Nikolov

Dr Nikolov gained his PhD in the area of Anthropology of Architecture from UCL in 2020....

Dr Vanessa Cesário

Dr Cesário has a PhD in Digital Media from the University of Porto. She's now pursuing...

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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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Aaron Jones

Aaron's now writing up his PhD thesis at the University of Birmingham. His research has investigated...

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Sam Rose

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

Akshay Deoras

Akshay Deoras

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

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Carlos Gonzalez Diaz

Carlos is a third year PhD student at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games...

Nina Higson-Sweeney

Nina's in the first year of her PhD in the Department of Psychology at the University...

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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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