Dementia Researcher: Careers, community and support for early career dementia researchers.

Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.

Why are people living with dementia in care homes still left out of research? Bernie McInally on what early career researchers hear, and what they don't.

Dr Yvonne Couch reads UKRI's new grant assessment plans and asks what fewer, longer grants, triage and interviews mean for early and mid-career researchers.

Dr Clíona Farrell reports from a UCL200 screening of the Carol Jennings documentary: forty years of progress, and the gaps in diagnosis, care and funding left.

Dr Becky Carlyle on what a PI loses when a postdoc leaves, and the record keeping, offboarding and reframing that keep a lab going without them.

Beccy Owen on 10 things my PhD has taught me so far, from troubleshooting and resilience to boundaries, confidence and not having your career mapped out.