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Kate Gadsby-Mace

Kate Gadsby-Mace on why she chose Sheffield for her PhD

Kate Gadsby-Mace PhD student, School of English

Kate completed her BA and MA at Sheffield and stayed on for her PhD. Her research examined the expression of British national identity through 18th-century Gothic Literature.

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Sheffield staff are very helpful and the city is full of friendly people

Neslihan Onder-Ozdemir Alumnus, Lecturer, Bursa Uludağ University

Neslihan Onder-Ozdemir graduated undertook a PhD in English Language and Linguistics in 2017 and currently works as a Lecturer at Bursa Uludağ University.

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