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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 Omotayo Ilesanmi

Dr Ilesanmi has a PhD in Applied Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo...

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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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Annabel Farnood

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

Dr Kirell Benzi

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

Julia Di

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

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Dr Ben Britton

Dr Britton gained his DPhil in material science research at Oxford University in 2010. He is...

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Ryan Javanshir

Ryan is in the final write up stages of his PhD at the University of Southampton....

Emmanuel Junior Zuza

Emmanuel is a year and half into his PhD at The Open University School of Ecosystems,...

Helena Hartmann

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

Rose Waugh

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

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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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