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The Research Room

Here you will find useful information, resources, tips, events and stories for current research students.

The Research Room is updated monthly with lots of useful information to help you succeed on your doctoral journey.

New editions coming in 2026

In the meantime, you can explore our past newsletters from 2025 and earlier years below.

2025 Issues

  • pdf213.4KBThe Research Room_November 2025
  • pdf470.8KBThe Research Room_October 2025
  • pdf319.2KBThe Research Room_September 2025
  • pdf460.8KBThe Research Room_August 2025
  • pdf323.4KBThe Research Room_July 2025
  • pdf236.0KBThe Research Room_May 2025
  • pdf366.8KBThe Research Room_April 2025
  • pdf401.2KBThe Research Room_March 2025
  • pdf362.1KBThe Research Room_February 2025

2024 issues

  • pdf438.7KBThe Research Room_November 2024
  • pdf303.9KBThe Research Room_October 2024
  • pdf340.4KBThe Research Room_September 2024
  • pdf462.3KBThe Research Room_August 2024
  • pdf339.1KBThe Research Room_July 2024
  • pdf318.5KBThe Research Room_June 2024
  • pdf313.8KBThe Research Room_May 2024
  • pdf307.2KBThe Research Room_April 2024
  • pdf386.7KBThe Research Room_March 2024

2023 issues

  • pdf375.5KBThe Research Room March 2023
  • pdf342.0KBThe Research Room April 2023
  • pdf355.1KBThe Research Room May 2023
  • pdf380.4KBThe Research Room June 2023
  • pdf370.6KBThe Research Room July 2023
  • pdf361.0KBThe Research Room August 2023
  • pdf345.4KBThe Research Room September 2023
  • pdf350.4KBThe Research Room October 2023
  • pdf404.0KBThe Research Room November 2023

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