This 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…
A PhD by publication allows you to write for real and varied audiences, inviting intellectual exchanges that benefit your research.
Earlier this year, Alzheimer’s Research UK offered dementia researchers in the early stages of their career a chance to sit in on a meeting of our Grant Review Board. Dr Lauren Walker took the opportunity…
Good advice on how NOT to be an academic when you finish your PhD is pretty thin on the ground. Many supervisors have never done anything else, and/or are not…
Is there such a thing as ‘writers block’? How can you come out of the other end?
I assume you watched Love Island, right? It seems we all did. And if you didn’t (Don’t worry it will be back in the summer). Cancel all plans and you’ll…
There are a number of opportunities to be a clinician and academic in the UK. Watch this film from the MRC to explain more.
As a newly qualified Early Career Researcher, looking ahead to your first year post-PhD, you may be wondering what next. In this case study Georgina Collins, who has a PhD…
By S Donaldson What did you get up to this weekend? I stayed in and binge-watched series 2 of Stranger Things. I know, I know, I’m a little behind. I…
Ph.D. holders in a variety of careers agree that they started developing many of the professional skills they use in their jobs while they were in grad school. The information…
This post is by Moira Hansen who is currently in the 3rd year of her Lord Kelvin Adam Smith-funded PhD at the University of Glasgow. As a graduate of both…
The life of a clinical academic is a constant balancing act between clinical work and research. Amy Monaghan talks to Dr Timothy Rittman, Dr Ione Woollacott & Dr Akin Nihat about how they meet theses challenges.
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