Postgraduate students often have difficulty getting financial support to pursue their studies. Join three young women as they begin their PhD studies in London where accommodation is particularly expensive. Sally will focus on molecular biology, Mandy on education and Kalpa on pharmacology. Their subjects are as diverse as they are, but the trio soon discover that they have several things in common while sharing a flat. A balance is required between the desire to develop their careers and the need to deliver the future expectations of the males in their lives. Their families are supportive, but is there a limit to how much they can, or should, get involved? Admire Mandy's negotiating skills as she finds a way to survive financially in her capital city and see how supportive Kalpa's family can be. Sally's scientific research takes her to New York and the jet-set world of commerce, but will she be able to hang on to Adam, the love of her life? Will any of them get married? If so, to whom and under what circumstances?