Considering studying a PhD? Whether at Manchester or elsewhere, this podcast will provide you with the first hand experience's of three PhD students to help inform your decision. Students Charlotte, Mahesh and Lishan talk about their experiences of three very different PhD programmes.

Chapters:

00:17 Details of each guest's research
08:04 Work-life balance
14:04 Managing your time
19:27 Different between work and study
23:49 Life after your PhD
25:18 How to get started with a PhD and the importance of choosing the right supervisor
29:43 What was the biggest surprise?
32:22 Do you love your PhD?
35:31 Teaching alongside your PhD and the difference to degrees in China especially
40:51 Your experience at The University of Manchester, settling in and moving from elsewhere
46:27 Signing off from the team!

Our students had a catch-up in The Red Lion, in Withington near our Fallowfield student accommodation. Evie, Jacob, Maansi and Andrea discussed their experiences of Halls in first year, and moving out of Halls in their second year. They talk about shared bathrooms, catered food, making friends and all things Halls of Residence.

We welcome all students to our diverse and beautiful student community, including those that identify under the LGBTQ+ spectrum.

Our students, Madi, Esa, Chris and Ray talk about all their experiences of being students who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

They discuss how they feel about the city of Manchester as a supporting diverse community; the support on offer to them from the University, including that of from the Students' Union; what spaces and societies they feel most at home in at the University; the perceptions of LGBTQ+ people in the city and the UK more widely; and of course - Gay Village and its many nightclubs, bars and cafes.