The Doctoral College at Ulster

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experience.</p></div> <a data-asset-site-name="Doctoral College" data-asset-name="Content Container" data-asset-id="1312907" class="component-iat button hollow display-inline-block m-r-10 " href="http://web.archive.org/web/20240214220418/https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/current/pres">View The Latest PRES Survey </a> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section aria-labelledby="section-title-1312931" id="section-1312931" class=" padding-top-3 padding-bottom-3 " data-magellan-target="section-1312931"> <div class="grid-container" data-equalizer data-equalize-by-row="true"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell small-12 medium-auto large-auto"> <h2 id="section-title-1312931" class="">Further information</h2> </div> </div> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x grid-margin-y small-up-1 medium-up-3 large-up-2 padding-top-1"> <div class="cell"> <div class="page-tile page-tile-stretched "> <div class="image-container"> <div class="hqy-lazy image bg-navy" 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20240214220418/https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/yearbook" class="uls-overlay-link"><h3>Doctoral College Yearbook</h3></a> <p>Our PhD Researchers share their favourite memories from their time at Ulster.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section aria-labelledby="section-title-1312935" id="section-1312935" class=" bg-faded-grey padding-top-3 padding-bottom-3 " data-magellan-target="section-1312935"> <div class="grid-container" data-equalizer data-equalize-by-row="true"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell small-12 medium-auto large-auto"> <h2 id="section-title-1312935" class="">International PhD Researchers</h2> </div> </div> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x grid-margin-y small-up-1 medium-up-3 large-up-3 padding-top-1"> <div class="cell"> <div class="page-tile "> <div class="image-container"> <div class="hqy-lazy image bg-navy" 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