Podcast - Leaving Academia, Staying in Research
In this podcast, Dr Ellice Parkinson, Dr Alice Carstairs and Lizzie English on leaving academia without leaving research behind, and why they don't regret it..
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Blog - The Trials and Tribulations of Electrophysiology
Beccy Owen blogs on a year spent learning patch-clamp electrophysiology, the broken pipettes, the phantom noise, and the cells worth waiting for..
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Thinking about your thesis title
Frances Brodsky shows how fiction writing can sharpen scientific writing, using mystery novels to build narrative, focus and perseverance..
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Have I Over Specialised My PhD?
Solutions Lab: Worried your PhD has become too niche? Professor Louise Serpell shares advice on specialist research, transferable skills, and career options..
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Blog - Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking
Rahul Sidhu on turning public speaking from his greatest fear into something he genuinely enjoys, with seven tips he picked up along the way..
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When Peer Review Feels Personal
In this Solutions Lab, two researchers share how they cope when peer review feels personal, unfair, and difficult to shake off after rejection..
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Blog - It’s getting (too) hot in here; the climate crisis & brain health
Dr Clíona Farrell on what the Hot Brain conference revealed about heatwaves, air pollution and the brain health of people with dementia..
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I’m burnt out and leaving academia. How do I finish my PhD?
Burnout is a systemic problem, but individuals can take steps to cope with it and pave a path forward. Shared from Nature Careers.
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Blog - Life After the PhD: My Fellowship Application
Emily Spencer on the strange clarity that arrived when her PhD funding clock started ticking, and why a fellowship application suddenly made sense to her..
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Blog - PhD Application Advice: Assessing & Approaching a New Lab
Choosing a PhD lab matters as much as the topic. Dr Ajantha Abey shares how to assess supervisors, vet labs, and approach academics with confidence..
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The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?
Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal their top time-management tips..
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Blog - The Long Way Round to a PhD
Beccy Owen shares her path to a PhD, from doubt and detours to finding her place in dementia research, and what the journey has really felt like..
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Blog - Momentum in Dementia Research: What I Saw at ARUK
Rahul Sidhu reflects on the ARUK conference, sharing key science, emerging ideas, and why dementia research feels more connected and forward moving than ever..
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Blog - Optimise, troubleshoot, repeat - Beginning a new project
Dr Clíona Farrell reflects on starting a new postdoc, sharing how planning, troubleshooting, and perseverance shape early project progress in the lab..
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Blog - Motherhood, PhDs, and the Funding Gap
Emily Spencer reflects on motherhood during a PhD, exposing funding gaps, maternity pay uncertainty, and why research systems must better support parents..
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Blog - Real Food for Thought in the Fight Against Dementia
A moving blog from Dr Sam Moxon on Lewy body dementia, diagnosis uncertainty, family experience, and why awareness matters even without clear answers.
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Blog - Imposter Syndrome
Rahul Sidhu reflects on imposter syndrome in research and shares practical ways early career scientists can manage doubt, build confidence, and keep growing..
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Blog - How I Came To Enjoy Public Speaking As An Introvert
Dr Ajantha Abey reflects on moving from stage fright to enjoying public speaking, and how practice, teaching, and confidence shaped their voice as a researcher..
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Blog - Returning to work after a travel-filled career break
After five months travelling across Asia, Dr Clíona Farrell returns to a postdoc at UCL and reflects on breaks, doubt, and starting again..
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Blog - Learning to Let Good Be Enough
Emily Spencer reflects on perfectionism during her PhD, asking if striving for excellence can sometimes limit progress and wellbeing..
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Balancing a PhD, Two Young Kids, and Everything Else
Worried about PhD publications or slow results? Solutions Lab Q and A shares guidance from Cliona Farrell on papers timelines expectations and priorities..
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Blog - An Introverts Survival Guide to Conferences
Feeling overwhelmed at conferences? Dr Gemma Lace shares practical ways to manage anxiety, network comfortably and make events work for your career..
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Blog - My journey to a PhD in neuroscience: the highs & lows
From lab resits to first author papers, Rahul Sidhu shares his journey into dementia research and what it really takes to reach a PhD in neuroscience..
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Blog - Never Truly Known, The Reality of Lewy Body Dementia
A moving blog from Dr Sam Moxon on Lewy body dementia, diagnosis uncertainty, family experience, and why awareness matters even without clear answers.
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Blog - Alzheimer’s to Lewy Body Disease - Expanding our Research Horizons
From Alzheimer’s to Lewy body disease, Dr Ajantha Abey explains why looking beyond single diagnoses matters & how shared pathology can shape research and trials.
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