Blog – Understanding Changes to the UKRI Funding Strategy
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.
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Blog – Brain Drain: The Controversy Around Glymphatics
Dr Yvonne Couch on the glymphatic system row: what we actually know about how the brain clears fluid, and where scientists still disagree.
Blog – Pedagogy For Gen Z
Dr Yvonne Couch on teaching Gen Z, why lecture cliffhangers are ridiculous, what small group teaching gets right, and the skills ChatGPT can never hand them.
Blog – Academia and the Sense of Self
Dr Yvonne Couch explores how academia can blur work and self, and why a richer identity beyond research can protect confidence and value.
Blog – The Contradictions & Challenges of the Junior PI
Dr Yvonne Couch on the junior PI trap: you train people up, lose them to bigger labs, and try to define a job nobody else has defined for you.
Blog – ChatGPT in Academia
Dr Yvonne Couch explores how researchers use ChatGPT in academia, asking if it boosts productivity, changes research culture, or exposes deeper problems.
Blog – Storytelling in Academia
Dr Yvonne Couch explains why storytelling helps researchers communicate science, engage audiences, and improve writing, presentations, and collaboration.
Blog – Competition in Science
Dr Yvonne Couch explores how competition shapes science from tenure debates and prestige effects to pressures on early career researchers.
Blog – Running a Conference
Organising a conference sounds simple until it begins. Dr Yvonne Couch shares lessons learned, chaos managed, and respect gained from running her first event.
Blog – Organizing a Conference
Dr Yvonne Couch shares the trials, tips, and unexpected rewards of organising a conference, from funding struggles to adding a little fun.
Blog – Coaching and Self-Reflection
Dr Yvonne Couch explores how coaching helped her rethink identity, confidence and self-worth, and why self-reflection is essential in academic life.
Blog – What Is DORA in Research and Why It Matters More Than You Think
Dr Yvonne Couch unpacks what DORA is, why it matters in academia, and how we’re all still struggling to put its principles into practice.