Communicating your research toolkit – The Health Foundation
Dementia ResearcherWant to communicate your health research in a better way in 2018? This resource from The Health Foundation is the tool you need.
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Lies are fast, truth is slow: the importance of mastering the rhythms of academic life and work
A unique perspective encouraged by science; the ability to slow down, freeze-frame, and dissect things.
Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!)
Article from the Writing Centre, helping you write and revise grant proposals for research funding
How to make the most of an academic conference – a checklist for before, during and after the meeting
Going to an academic conference is an exciting opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and exchange stimulating ideas. Marta Teperek provides a checklist of things to do at each of these stages.
Spot light on the NIHR Research Design Service
National Institute for Health Research We are the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) we fund health and care research and translate discoveries into practical products, treatments, devices and procedures,…
What is Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training? Do I need it?
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard to which all clinical research is conducted
Invitation to join CHAIN
An informal, multi-professional mutual support network in the field of health & Social Care
Day in the life of a researcher
Varied is how I would sum up a day in the life of a researcher. A lot depends on the type of study you are working on, your role in…
Six academic writing habits that will boost productivity
What’s the secret to a productive spell of writing? Chris Smith shares insights gleaned from interviews with a diverse group of academics
We need to talk about disability and chronic illness during the PhD
If you developed a chronic illness and an associated disability during your studies… where do you turn? How do you confront the challenge?
De-stuffing your writing: or the The bumper list of words and phrases you could delete to make your writing more concise
Thesis WhispererThis post is by Dr Katherine Firth, research fellow at Latrobe University. Katherine blogs over at Research Voodoo. As you probably already know Inger, Shaun and I are writing a book…