What Is It Like to Study for a PhD as an International Student in the UK?
I am an international PhD researcher in education at the University of Exeter's Graduate School of Education (UK). In this blog, I'd want to relate my firsthand experience of pursuing a PhD at a British university and how it was studying PhD in the UK complete with ups and downs. I received my BA and MA from the University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis in Algeria (Mostaganem, Algeria). University has always been a place for me to learn, make errors, form relationships, and evolve as an individual and student. I chose to pursue a postgraduate research programme in another country because I have always wanted to experience higher education in another country and embrace the complexities, conflicts, and beauty of international studies. Transferring from Algeria to the United Kingdom has been difficult due to the disparity in education systems, rules, procedures, and expectations that inform overall teaching, learning, and evaluation criteria. This is compounded by the self-doub