Advice from the high seas: how to transition to a new lab
Dementia ResearcherRespect for what you and your colleagues bring to the table is vital to successful integration, says Melissa T. Miller in her blog for Nature Careers
Careers
Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Experience Toolkit
Alzheimer's SocietyFind out how to measure the experience of people with dementia when commissioning, improving or creating new services and products, whether big or small. (useful for researchers too)
Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Research Leaders
Want to be a Dementia Research Leader? Alzheimer’s Society supports researchers who have the skill, drive and potential to be the leading voices and experts in dementia research in the future.
As academic writing becomes increasingly standardised what counts as an interesting paper?
LSE Impact BlogAcademic writing is often criticised for its tendency to be arid and unengaging, but what makes a paper interesting? Find out in this great blog by Dr Manuel Goyanes, shared from the LSE Impact Blog
Asking for Reasonable Adjustments for a Health Condition or Disability
Disclosing your health condition consists of two parts of a conversation: the disclosure itself and the request for support.
Beating the odds to secure a permanent contract
Six early-career researchers offer advice on how to secure a permanent contract in academia, and then make the most of it.
Blog – PhD Fear (a personal account)
Thesis WhispererHow can you deal with PhD Fear, this great blog from Thesis Whisperer is by Elaine Campbell a Associate Professor at Northumbria Law School,
Career Lessons from Love Island 2018
What careers advice is hidden in Love Island
Careers advice from the (dystopian) future
Great blog from UCL Careers service, once again drawing inspiration from our favourite streaming service.
Cleaning up, ready for the next phase
Is your desk a hot mess right now? Dr Linda Devereux can relate. In this post she shares the touching story of cleaning her office after the PhD was finished and the unexpected difficulty of the clearing out process.
Clinical Academics Career Framework
A new animation from Health Education England and the National Institute for Health Research, explaining opportunities for aspiring clinical academics.
Clinical Trial Design Is A Two-Way Street
CoLAB brings clinical research teams and external partners — including patients, study coordinators, nurses, and physicians — face-to-face for a dress rehearsal of a clinical trial protocol.