So you’re dreaming of doing a doctorate?
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So you’re dreaming of doing a doctorate?

Sam Humphrey Senior lecturer in learning disability nursing and undergraduate nursing degree programme lead, De Montfort University

The skills you need to undertake a PhD, how to find work-life balance and financial support, plus issues to consider when choosing your research topic

I am a senior lecturer in learning disability nursing and in January I started studying for a PhD. This was not a decision I took lightly – in fact it took almost a year from initially thinking I’d like to do a PhD to being accepted on to the programme.

Nursing Standard. 39, 4, 57-59. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.4.57.s21

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