Where Doctoral Work Gets Done
Welcome to the home of empathetic doctoral training and support.
Structured writing sessions, expert guidance, and the infrastructure that takes you from overwhelmed to submitted – faster.
Where Doctoral Work Gets Done
Welcome to the home of empathetic doctoral training and support.
Structured writing sessions, expert guidance, and the infrastructure that takes you from overwhelmed to submitted – faster.
You’re Doing Something Extraordinary.
But That Doesn’t Mean You Should Be Struggling.
You’ve got this lingering feeling that you’re not cut out for the PhD, and you feel like a fraud. Everyone assumes you’re able to work out what goes where, and what to do next. But you’re carrying the weight of this thesis alone. The questions pile up. The silence between meetings gets longer. And nobody seems to notice.
You know that you need to plan, structure or write your thesis. But sitting down every day, alone, staring at the same document — it’s paralysing. It’s not that you can’t do the work. It’s that doing it in isolation makes every step feel impossible.
Everyone around you thinks you’re fine. Your family doesn’t understand why it’s taking so long. Your friends stopped asking. And somewhere in the back of your mind, you’re not sure you’re good enough to finish this.
Hundreds of PhD Students Working Together Every Day
How The PhD People works
Monday Focus Session
£14 – Single Session (free for members)
Try it once. Four hours of structured co-working with other PhD students, every Monday at 9am. You’ll write more in one session than you have in the last two weeks alone. No commitment. Just show up and write.
Weekly Skills Workshops
£17 – Single Session (free for members)
Whether you’re stuck on the introduction to the conclusion, and whether you’re getting started and preparing for your viva, we run regular expert-led online workshops to help. Open to members and non members alike.
PhD Common Room
From £30/month
The ongoing home for doctoral support. Twice-daily writing sessions, weekly skills workshops, weekly office hours, monthly full-day writing retreats, and a community of 120+ PhD students who actually understand. No contract. Leave any time.
Thesis Bootcamp
£195 – 4 days (£136.50 for members)
Write a full chapter in four days. 15,000+ words. Intensive structure, daily deadlines, and a cohort of PhD students pushing through it together. Runs quarterly.
Most People Start With A Monday Focus Session
Step 1: Book a Monday Focus Session
£14. Four hours. See what it feels like to work with people who get it. Book your seat here.
Step 2: Experience the Structure
You’ll write more in one morning than you have in weeks. That’s not motivation. That’s what happens when you’re not doing it alone in a supportive space.
Step 3: Join the Common Room
Half of Monday Focus Session attendees join the Common Room within two weeks. When you’re ready, it’s here.
Together, We’re The PhD People
We exist to make the PhD journey less isolating and more supported — with structure, care, and calm at every step.
I started this because I saw how many doctoral students were looking to top up, supplement or replace the support they were getting from their own institutions and supervisors. And I saw how few options they had to do so.
Our team is made up of experienced supervisors, academics, coaches, and editors — all united by one mission: to help you feel more confident, more connected, and more equipped to finish strong.
— Dr. Max Lemprière, Founder