postgraduate

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Oliver Contreras, a 22-year-old postgraduate law student from Brighton, East Sussex, was the first to have the vaccination.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He spent two further years at the university in postgraduate study of philosophy before entering the real world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

That process can start during students’ freshman and sophomore years: A postgraduate position may necessitate a junior-year internship, and a junior-year internship may require a sophomore-year application.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Her postgraduate research on traditional plants was also tricky as there was no literature about them, but she persevered and now works with the government to promote them for food security.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

He was haunted by what he did not have—a postgraduate degree, an upper-middle-class life—and so his affected words became his armor.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie