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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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Alex Fitzpatrick

Alex is a PhD student at the University of Bradford researching ritual and funerary rites in...

Dr John Young

Dr Young gained his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. He is now a...

Dr Kirell Benzi

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

Priya Pollard

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

Guy Cameron

Guy is in the 3rd and final year of his PhD in Immunology and Microbiology at...

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Julia Ravey

Julia's in her final year of her PhD at University College London. Her research is helping...

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Sammy Chapman

Sammy is a second year PhD student at Cardiff Metropolitan University researching how secondary school teachers...

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Nick Ballou

Nick is a first year PhD student at Queen Mary University of London. The long-term goal...

Emma Strand

Emma is a third year PhD student at the University of Rhode Island. Her research focuses...

Emmanuel Junior Zuza

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

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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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