# Student spotlights

**Source**: https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/
**Parent**: https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/taught-masters/

Discover what it's really like to conduct postgraduate research at the Global Development Institute (GDI).

[## Basma Albanna

Basma is a postgraduate researcher in Development Policy and Management.](https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/basma-albanna/)
[## Ambarish Karamchedu

Ambarish is a postgraduate researcher in Development Policy and Management.](https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/ambarish-karamchedu/)

[## Bookie Ezeomah

Bookie, from Nigeria, is a postgraduate researcher in Development Policy and Management.](https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/bookie-ezeomah/)
[## Franklin Yayra Adorsu-Djentuh

Franklin, from Ghana, was a postgraduate researcher in Development Policy and Management.](https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/franklin-yayra-adorsu-djentuh/)

[## María Francisca Álvarez Figueroa

María, from Chile, is a postgraduate researcher in Development Policy and Management.](https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/maria-francisca-alvarez-figueroa/)
[## Xi Xi

Xi, from China, is a postgraduate researcher in Development Policy and Management.](https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd-opportunities/student-spotlights/xi-xi/)