Tips to avoid becoming a ‘conference zombie’
Dementia ResearcherParis H. Grey has some suggestions to get the maximum value from any conference in this blog for Nature..
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Ways to give an effective seminar about your research project
Grab your audience’s attention by using slides as a roadmap and focusing on your role as a presenter, recommends Ananya Sen in this blog for Nature Careers.
Dealing with Rejection in Academia
LSE Impact BlogIn this repost from the LSE Impact Blog, Staci Zavattaro, reflects on rejection in academia and gives 6 tips on how to manage the inevitable rejections that are part of academic life.
Five reasons to do an internship during your PhD programme
Rekindle your love for problem-solving by taking your lab skills to a completely different environment, says Jessica Sagers, in this Blog for Nature Careers.
Negative Impact – Is it possible to manage potentially harmful research findings?
What do you do with research that produces potentially harmful results? In this post for the LSE Impact Blog Andrew Crane, explores how research can produce negative as well as positive impacts on society.
Inspired – but is your research idea novel?
You may have a great idea, but if you’re intending to apply for funding, it’s vital that you check your idea is novel. The funders will, and this blog from the NIHR RDS has some great advise.
Don’t let your academic career determine your every move
Should early career researchers be expected to relocate regularly in order to land a permanent job? In this post for the LSE Impact Blog, Eva Krockow weighs the benefits of an international career against the costs of constant mobility.
Hope for a head start on dementia begins with cohort volunteers – DPUK
DPUK brought Marianne Talbot – a cohort participant, and Ivan – an old-age psychiatrist, together to discuss the bright prospects cohorts offer dementia research.
Self-plagiarism: When is re-purposing text ethically justifiable?
Mark Israel explores the ethics of self-plagiarism for the LSE Impact Blog and asks, when is it right to reproduce social research?
Some tentative advice about advice
This post was written by Dr Amber Gwynne, for Thesis Whisperer. Amber is a researcher, writer and academic editor from Brisbane, Australia. Should you always accept the advise of others?
Undertaking a PhD in an International Lab
How many times through your PhD have you asked yourself: “Why am I doing this? Is this what I wanted? Is it all worth it?” Sonia Sanz Muñoz blogs for Hello Bio.
Minding your Ps and Qs
Blog by Claire Rosten, Research Methodologist, for the NIHR Research Design Service South East – Have you demonstrated the PRIORITY of your research topic and clearly defined the research QUESTION?