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Getting a PhD

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Dear FindAPhd

I have been looking for a PhD for a year know and I have been really unsucessfull, mainly because of lack of experience. Is there any way I can get a PhD without the experience, the only experience I have is through by degrees only. Please can you give me some advice?

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Lots of people start PhDs straight after their BSc or Msc so lack of 'work' experience isn't usually a problem. Are you applying for PhDs in a different field to your previous degree(s)?

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You could possibly volunteer or get a job to get the experience. Someone I know has volunteered at a research group within a university. This has worked wonders. If the experience doesn't help you, then perhaps you need to think about why your applications don't attract attention. Have you been to any interviews?

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