Podcast - Starting & Managing Academic Collaborations
In this podcast, Sarah Marzi, Georgina Charlesworth, Nathan Davies and Amanda Heslegrave share how to start and manage academic collaborations that work..
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Blog - Care Home Research: Getting the Balance Right
Lesley Cousland of ENRICH Scotland asks what eight research requests landing at once mean for a busy care home, and how to coordinate studies better..
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Admire another researcher’s work? Tell them about it
A small act of appreciation won’t solve the structural problems of academic life. But it can’t hurt. Shared from Nature Careers..
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How to Peer Review a Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide for Your First Review
Most researchers do their first peer review with no training at all. A step-by-step guide to reviewing a paper, from the invitation to the report, including what is and isn't your job and the rules on AI..
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Blog - Beyond the Lab Bubble: Why PhD Teamwork Matters
Beccy Owen swaps the lab for gorge walking and Silverstone, and finds that a PhD might be an individual qualification, but science is a team sport..
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Nominate a Drug for ARUK's Dementia Drug Prioritisation Programme
Alzheimer's Research UK wants clinicians and researchers to put forward drug candidates for dementia trials, including future arms of the AD-SMART platform trial..
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Podcast - Happy 200th: How UCL is Changing Dementia Research
UCL turns 200. Selina Wray, Aygun Badalova, Tammaryn Lashley and Andre Altmann on what dementia research has achieved there, and what needs to come next..
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Blog - From Dreading My Thesis to Loving Writing
Emily Spencer writes about how self-imposed deadlines, taming her inner critic and a writing retreat turned academic writing into her favourite part of a PhD..
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Help! My Control Cells Didn’t Get the Memo
When control cells go rogue! Professor Selina Wray helps the PhD student troubleshoot matching phenotypes in mutant and control neurons in latest Solutions Lab .
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Blog - How not to lose the plot when you lose a postdoc
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..
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Blog - 10 Things My PhD Has Taught Me So Far
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..
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Academic Job Descriptions: Writing Them, Auditing Them, Fixing Them
What an academic job description actually does, why most start life as an edited template, what the 'other duties' clause really allows, how UK pay grading links to it, and how to write, audit or fix one that's gone wrong..
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Podcast - Fellowship vs Lectureship: Which Is Right for You?
Fellowship or lectureship? Fiona McLean, Kamar Ameen-Ali, Warren Donnellan & Sarah-Naomi James on workload, pay & if permanent still means secure.
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Blog - pTau217 Blood Test for Alzheimer's: What the FDA Clearance Means
Dr Emma Law on what the FDA clearance of the pTau217 blood test means for dementia research, from recruitment and trial design to where PET imaging still fits..
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Why I say yes to career opportunities that scare me
This piece from Science.org examines how initial fears gave way to confidence and fulfillment in academia by embracing opportunities outside your comfort zone..
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Blog - More Research Habits I Wish I'd Started Earlier in My PhD
Dr Ajantha Abey shares six more PhD habits worth starting early, covering notes, ideas, networks, conferences, side projects and life after the PhD..
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Blog - Getting a Grant Funded: A View from the Panel
Getting a grant funded starts with knowing what the panel wants. Louise Serpell shares advice from the review board, summary to interview..
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Podcast - Changing the Course of Dementia: Four Expert Views
Professor Emma Mead hosts Sanjay Manohar, Michele Hu, Laura Winchester and Peter Johnson on what will actually change the course of dementia and Parkinson's.
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Blog - Giving Your First Seminar: What I Learned
Beccy Owen spent months dreading her first seminar. Preparing for it turned out to be the most useful thing she did all year. Here's what she learned..
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How to get the most out of an informational interview
Informal meetings can help you to explore new career opportunities, but there is a knack to getting them right. Shared from Nature Careers.
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Blog - The PhD Comfort Zone
Harriet Greene was comfortable in her Oxford lab, so she spent 3 weeks in a Spanish one instead, this is her blog on why the PhD comfort zone is worth leaving..
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Blog - GCP Training: Do We Really Need Regular Refreshers?
Dr Emma Law does her GCP update every two years and wondered why. She traces the rules back to 1947, and shares what changed in her latest refresher.
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Blog - An Academic career, then and now
Professor Frank Gunn-Moore on 40 years in research, the three gambles that shaped his career, and why collaboration and early career researchers matter most..
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A what? A Public Advisor Researcher? You may well ask…
Emma and Sue Williams are Public Advisor Researchers at the University of Liverpool. Two years in, they explain a job nobody could describe to them..
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How to Write a Literature Review
Struggling to make your literature review analytical? Dr Elizabeth Yardley shares a simple three-step structure to help you write with clarity and focus..
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