Find out what they don't tell you at Induction that would be really useful if only you knew! We interview 10 PhD students from different disciplines, discuss the emotional roller coaster of PhD study and let you know how best to handle it.

Table of contents:

• Mark's story: The human factor as well as the scientific factor
• Amy's story: This is not going the way I expected
• Andrew's story: Throw the kid into the deep end to see how he does
• Anne's story: I love what I do
• Margaret's story: Life gets in the way
• Daniel's story: You don't want a wing and a prayer to get you through
• Sam's story: Having the confidence to say this is what I think
• Christine's story: It's been a long process, and most of the time, not very fun
• Megan's story: It's like crossing the line without finishing
• Jennifer's story: I'm doing something that's making a difference