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Solidarity In The Collective By Kathryn Zacharek
Doing Your PhD During A Pandemic, And Being Open To Adapting Your Research By Karl Miller
PREP: A Non-Traditional Route To PhD By Nayanna Mercado-Soto
The Week Before My Viva By Sue Lynn Mah
PhD Applications In The Social Sciences: A Beginner’s Guide By Amelia Watkins-Smith
Open To Change: How I Went From Writing About Medieval Witchcraft To The Virgin Mary By Vanessa Corcoran
Imposter Syndrome: The Importance Of Developing A Support System By Jodie Boisvert
Oral Defense Of A Foodie Candidate By Eleazar Reward
Blog series by Chris Thompson
Job Hunting Beyond Academia: Getting Your 'Story Straight' By Holly Prescott
They Said I Was ‘Too Old’ - My PhD Journey By Donna L. Halper
How Being Rejected from Harvard Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me By Marco T. P. Gontijo Coming Soon
Publishing from your PhD – What I Wish I’d Known & Writing Up: What Worked for Me
How I wrote my PhD thesis in one year by Jazli Aziz

Travelling, Working, And Returning To Academia By Jim Hulbert
You Belong Here! The Battle With Your Inner Voice By Rohan Samuels
How My Faith In God Convinced Me To Never Give Up And To Pursue Further Education By D. Gabriel Cruz
It’s Time To Find Your Team – Advice For PhD Students During Those Lonely Times By Alicia Wickert
My PhD Journey As An International Student By Marika Strano

Pursuing A Research PhD Is Like Launching Your Own Start-Up Business By Steven Zhou
Floundering First Steps: The First Month Of Starting A PhD By Olivia Eve Arkley
Dual Discipline: Doing A PhD With A Chronic Illness By Max Portman
How to be a super supervisor by Melissa Vasi coming soon
Is There Life After A PhD? By Aly Flint
Lessons I Have Learnt From My PhD By Hannah Ryan
What I wish I knew before I started my PhD by Mercedes Gómez-López

To-Do: Write A Thesis - Reflecting On My PhD Experience So Far & Advice For New PhD Students By Gemma Rides

PhD Scholarship Proposal: Why I Would Write It Again! By Bettina Lier

The Secret Power Of Blogging By Kerry McPherson

Resolutions, Repentance And Reflections Of My PhD By Anmol Gupta
“Look Right, Look Left” By Karen Arzate Quintanilla
Reflections Of A 1st Year: Six Months In... By Rebecca Hall
Preparing For Your PhD Interview By Kieron McCallan
What Do I Know Three Years On? By Daniel Walker

The Art Of Working From Home: Studying During The Pandemic And Beyond By Nath H. Clarke
Laura Riley: Stops and Starts: The Growing Pains of the PhD - coming soon
Office 216 by Sarah Beth Gable
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