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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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Eleni Routoula

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

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Bijou Basu

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

Elmira Vagapova

Elmira is in the third year of her PhD program at the Moscow Institute of Physics...

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Helena Bates

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

Dr Asher Williams

Dr Williams gained her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New...

Helena Hartmann

Helena is pursuing a PhD at the University of Vienna. Her research is centred around how...

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Freija Mendrik

Freija is half way through her PhD at the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull,...

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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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Dr Amit Kumar Singh

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

Julia Di

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