What our Students Say

Hayriye Tugba Ozturk

Ankara University, Turkey

I completed my thesis and graduated with a PhD in 2010. During my PhD studies, I had such a wonderful experience that it is in the acknowledgement part of my PhD thesis. I gave warm words of thanks to the staff, my supervisors and the Department. A PhD is team work and there are secret legends in my team.  The support from the Lancaster team was unstinting.

Now, I am a lecturer at Ankara University in Turkey and I am teaching my students emergent issues in the field that I learnt while doing my PhD. Also, through the network I made in Lancaster, I am connected to an invaluable community of practice. I am also very happy that I am having articles published in the leading journals, all thanks to the Lancaster crew who trained me very well!

If I was asked to do a second PhD, that would be Lancaster University again!

Cristina Sin

Researcher, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Portugal

Doing a PhD in Educational Research was a great experience both academically and personally. I have learnt what research is about, not only by carrying out a research project and writing a thesis, but also by joining a community of researchers and learning from them. I also had the opportunity to get involved in research beyond my PhD which, developmentally, was very useful. And, throughout the degree, the Department was a welcoming and supportive environment to be in. I couldn't have chosen a better place.