News & Features

All the posts every put on our website. Blogs, Podcasts, Careers Support, News and all the good stuff that you wouldn’t want to miss. Only made possible thanks to funding from our amazing partners, NIHR, Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Alzheimer’s Society & Race Against Dementia.

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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.

Careers, Partner Blogs

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

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Profile – Dr Sam Washer, University of Oxford

19/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Sam Washer is an ARUK-funded Oxford researcher using CRISPR, cell models and AI to study microglia and develop new dementia treatments.

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Moving Universities? How to Transfer a Research Grant in the UK

19/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Moving university with active funding? Learn how UK research grant transfers work, including UKRI, NIHR, staff, students, data and equipment.

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Profile – Fiona Hartley, Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network

18/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Fiona Hartley is a retired physiotherapist and PiR member with Scotland’s Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network, drawing on clinical and caring experience.

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Blog – The PhD Comfort Zone

18/08/2026

Harriet Greene

Harriet Greene was comfortable in her Oxford lab, so she spent 3 weeks in a Spanish one instead, this is her blog on why the PhD comfort zone is worth leaving.

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Survey: How Hot Weather Affects Research in the UK

17/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Take part in a new UCL survey on how hot weather affects research in the UK. Anonymous, 8 to 15 minutes, open to all career stages until late September.

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Blog – GCP Training: Do We Really Need Regular Refreshers?

13/08/2026

Dr Emma Law

Dr Emma Law does her GCP update every two years and wondered why. She traces the rules back to 1947, and shares what changed in her latest refresher

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Might AI Help Sharpen Dementia Diagnosis?

13/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Could AI sharpen dementia diagnosis? Research presented at AAIC shows how medical records might help GPs identify who needs specialist testing.

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Dementia Researcher Solutions Lab – Here to Help!

13/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Welcome to the Solutions Lab, a place where you can submit your questions or dilemmas anonymously for thoughtful, experience-based advice

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Blog – An Academic career, then and now

12/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Professor Frank Gunn-Moore on 40 years in research, the three gambles that shaped his career, and why collaboration and early career researchers matter most.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK Network Funding Call: Questions Answered

12/08/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Jacqui Hanley explains Alzheimer’s Research UK’s new research network funding call, what replaces the Network Centres, and how to apply before 1 September.