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Four in 10 UK PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’, says study

Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers

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Extend PhD support to four years to ease stress, UK funder told

Economic and Social Research Council warned that current three-and-a-half-year funding period is ‘insufficient’ and is causing student hardship

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‘Brightest’ PhD student took own life after ‘extreme trauma’

Josie Jolley, who had previously been homeless and allegedly sexually assaulted, described as ‘most talented postgraduate who has ever come through the geography department at the University of Sussex’

By Ellie Bothwell

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Mental health, financial problems take heavy toll on UK PhD students

Report shows heavier burden for UK students compared with other parts of Europe, with the country’s research funding boost ‘a chance to reform PhD education’

By Simon Baker

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PhD students’ dissatisfaction with Covid support ‘concerning’

More than a third of postgraduate researchers not satisfied with well-being help, says Advance HE survey

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