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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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Carina Nicu

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

Henry Powell-Davies

Henry is in the first year of his PhD in the Cronin Group at the University...

Nidhi Menon

Nidhi is a PhD student at Virginia Tech, focused on developing an engineered platform to study...

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Chloe Casey

Chloe is a 2nd year PhD student at Bournemouth University, researching the mental health of postgraduate...

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Bijou Basu

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

Dr Sherran Clarence

Dr Clarence gained her PhD in Higher Education Studies from Rhodes University, South Africa in 2013....

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Ellie Hurer

Ellie is a final year PhD student at the University of Hertfordshire, investigating a protein which...

Julia Di

Julia is entering the third year of a combined master's and PhD program at Stanford University....

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Kai Arulkumaran

Kai is a PhD student at Imperial College London. His research centres around sample efficiency, transfer...

Michele Ponzelli

Michele is a first-year PhD candidate in a double degree program between the University of Girona...

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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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