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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.

Pei Qin (Sabrina) Ng

Sabrina's in the third year of her PhD at The University of Adelaide. Her esearch combines...

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Chris Sampson

Chris is making minor corrections to his PhD thesis post-viva at the University of Nottingham. His...

Freya I. Addison

Freya's in the final year of her PhD at the University of Leeds. Her project is...

Nina Higson-Sweeney

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

Priya Pollard

Priya's a 1st year PhD student University College Dublin. Her project involves investigating a novel seaweed-ensiling...

Sara Abedi

Sara is currently in the 4th year of the Physics Doctoral Program at The Graduate Center...

Charlene N. Rivera Bonet

Charlene is a 5th year PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She studies depression and...

Jay Dave

Jay is in the third year of his PhD at Savitribai Phule Pune University, researching the...

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca recently finished her PhD at the University of York. Her research investigated the adaptations that...

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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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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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