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Masters in Dementia: Is It Worth It, and How to Choose One

27/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Thinking about a masters in dementia? What it costs, how to fund it, whether you need one at all, and how to pick the right course for what you actually want.

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Blog – More Research Habits I Wish I’d Started Earlier in My PhD

26/08/2026

Dr Ajantha Abey

Dr Ajantha Abey shares six more PhD habits worth starting early, covering notes, ideas, networks, conferences, side projects and life after the PhD.

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A guide to securing your first research fellowship

26/08/2026

Nature Careers Blog

Learn how early-career researchers can strengthen their track record, boost their research proposal and assess institutional fit for a first research fellowship

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Blog – We’re Still Not Counting LGBT People in Dementia Research

26/08/2026

Dr Connor Richardson

Dr Connor Richardson looks at what we know about dementia risk in LGBT people, why the evidence is so thin, and what LGBT dementia research needs next.

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NIHR Research Workforce Update: What It Means

25/08/2026

NIHR

The 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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What counts as data in qualitative research?

25/08/2026

LSE Impact Blog

Qualitative data is more than transcripts. Explore how silence, setting and fieldnotes become evidence, and what AI may miss when research is reduced to text.

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Blog – Getting a Grant Funded: A View from the Panel

24/08/2026

Professor Louise Serpell

Getting a grant funded starts with knowing what the panel wants. Louise Serpell shares advice from the review board, summary to interview.

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Profile – Dr Ayokunmi Ojebode, University of Surrey

23/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Ayokunmi Ojebode is a lecturer and dementia researcher specialising in ageing, arts, co-production, health humanities and culturally responsive care.

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Schilling Research Award 2027: €20,000 Neuroscience Prize

21/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

The German Neuroscience Society is accepting applications for the 2027 Schilling Research Award, a €20,000 prize for outstanding early-career brain research

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Podcast – Changing the Course of Dementia: Four Expert Views

21/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Emma Mead hosts Sanjay Manohar, Michele Hu, Laura Winchester and Peter Johnson on what will actually change the course of dementia and Parkinson’s

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Blog – Giving Your First Seminar: What I Learned

20/08/2026

Beccy Owen

Beccy Owen spent months dreading her first seminar. Preparing for it turned out to be the most useful thing she did all year. Here’s what she learned.

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How to get the most out of an informational interview

20/08/2026

Nature Careers Blog

Informal meetings can help you to explore new career opportunities, but there is a knack to getting them right. Shared from Nature Careers