Eight reasons why a PhD by publication is often a good model
Dementia ResearcherA PhD by publication allows you to write for real and varied audiences, inviting intellectual exchanges that benefit your research.
Careers
A look behind the scenes – how Alzheimer’s Research UK decides what research to fund
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…
I want to leave academia – what’s next?
Thesis WhispererGood 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…
Write Your Way Out
Is there such a thing as ‘writers block’? How can you come out of the other end?
“TEXT!!” What can Love Island teach us about careers?
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…
Why do a Clinical Research Training Fellowship?
There are a number of opportunities to be a clinician and academic in the UK. Watch this film from the MRC to explain more.
From PhD to ECR
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…
Stranger Careers Advice
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…
Explore the skills that can open career doors after your doctoral training
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…
In praise of academic spouses
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…
Podcast – Managing a clinical and researcher career
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.
Discover the NIHR Faculty and how it can help your career
The National Institute for Health Research Faculty is the collective term for the people we support to lead and deliver health research, and to train as the next generation of…