{"id":1294,"date":"2017-03-29T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/beyondlec\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2017-03-29T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:15:52","slug":"considering-a-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/beyondlec\/2017\/03\/29\/considering-a-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Considering a PhD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Considering a PhD?&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lec\/news-and-events\/news\/2017\/mar\/what-next\/\" target=\"_blank\">careers panel event<\/a> gave an\u00a0insight into what it means to do a PhD. A good piece of advice is to chat to current PhD students and ask questions so you are fully informed on your next steps. 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