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.

Careers

I’m burnt out and leaving academia. How do I finish my PhD?

14/05/2026

Nature Careers Blog

Burnout is a systemic problem, but individuals can take steps to cope with it and pave a path forward. Shared from Nature Careers

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£10m centre to transform search for Parkinson’s treatments

14/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

UK DRI launches £10m Parkinson’s Research Centre with Edinburgh, Oxford and UCL, aiming to find treatments that slow, stop or prevent the condition.

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Blog – Finding values in research and dementia

13/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Toby Williamson on values, evidence and dementia research, plus an invitation from the new editor of the Journal of Dementia Care.

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Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine

11/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

Full recording from the UCL Queen Square Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine symposium 2026. Twenty years of the NHS HSS, from base editing to patient voice.

Dissemination

Characteristics of a great Postdoctoral Award application

11/05/2026

NIHR

NIHR postdoctoral award applicants can learn what reviewers look for, from career plans and mentoring to training, research vision and public involvement.

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At-home blood test shows promise for dementia screening

08/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

Exeter researchers find a finger prick blood test posted from home, paired with online brain tests, could help identify people at higher risk of dementia.

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Profile – Dr Toby Williamson, Journal of Dementia Care

08/05/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Toby Williamson is Editor of the Journal of Dementia Care, with expertise in values, rights, lived experience, inclusion and dementia.

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Blog – Building accessible & inclusive research environments

07/05/2026

Dr Becky Carlyle

Becky Carlyle on what disabled researchers need from PIs, why flexible working matters, and how accessible labs make better science for all.

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Blog – Alzheimer’s Disease Takes a Lifetime

07/05/2026

Professor Louise Serpell

Professor Louise Serpell explores why Alzheimer’s disease may begin long before symptoms, and why models, biomarkers and collaboration now matter.

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How to write a plain English summary

07/05/2026

NIHR

NIHR researchers can watch this 60 minute webinar to learn how plain English summaries improve public involvement, applications and research impact.

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Blog – Life After the PhD: My Fellowship Application

06/05/2026

Emily Spencer

Emily Spencer on the strange clarity that arrived when her PhD funding clock started ticking, and why a fellowship application suddenly made sense to her.

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New tool helps people with dementia transition from hospital to community

06/05/2026

NIHR

SAFER Dem, a new University of Manchester tool, helps improve discharge planning for people with dementia leaving mental health hospitals.