NIHR Research Workforce Update: What It Means
NIHRThe NIHR research workforce update for England sets out plans for careers, protected time, inclusion and research across health, public health and social care.
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How to get the most out of an informational interview
Nature Careers BlogInformal meetings can help you to explore new career opportunities, but there is a knack to getting them right. Shared from Nature Careers
Moving Universities? How to Transfer a Research Grant in the UK
Dementia ResearcherMoving university with active funding? Learn how UK research grant transfers work, including UKRI, NIHR, staff, students, data and equipment.
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.
How should I respond to race-based exclusion in my lab?
A researcher feels left out of their team & held to different standards from their colleagues. How can they challenge exclusion without risking their position?
In the field & in the lab – sometimes the simplest tool is best
Technology has led to unprecedented innovation, but common household items can help make research more reproducible — and accessible. From Nature Careers
Qualitative Data Analysis for PhD Research
Elizabeth Yardley explains how PhD researchers can judge qualitative analysis with clearer criteria, stronger themes, and less self doubt.
Scientists & journalists must work together to protect research
Science sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.
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
Don’t let your students use AI as a ghostwriter
Nature Careers – How a research proposal generated by artificial intelligence transformed my approach to teaching and supervision.
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.
5 things that confuse PhD students about qualitative research
Dr Elizabeth Yardley explains why qualitative PhD research feels hard, unpacking common struggles around rigour, analysis, interviews and making sense of data.