Occasional articles and notes

  • Finding a PhD outside the UK

    This post outlines how PhD study works in countries other than the UK.

    Although there is a lot of information out there about PhDs in general, it is often written with the aim of being relevant to any subject (physics, medieval literature, sociology…). This often results in a misleading picture of what a physics PhD looks like, so in this...

  • Finding a PhD - choosing and applying for a PhD

    This post outlines how to go about finding the right PhD project for you, and the application process. Although there is a lot of information out there about PhDs in general, it is often written with the aim of being relevant to any subject (physics, medieval literature, sociology…). This often results in a misleading picture of what a physics PhD...