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 – From remote to face-to-face International Research in Colombia

30/08/2022

Dr Clarissa Giebel

Dr Clarissa Giebel wants her research to influence policy and bring about real change, but to do that you need to know how policy is decided.

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Profile – Dr Claire McEvoy, Queen’s University Belfast

30/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dietitian and Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast investigating the role of nutrition, plant-based diets and lifestyle behaviours in age-related disease

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Blog – The Great Academic Resignation

26/08/2022

Dr Yvonne Couch

Heard of ‘Quit Lit’? Don’t look, it will only despress you. In this Dr Yvonne Couch discusses the great academic resignation and what needs to change.

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Profile – Dr Aisling McFall, University of Glasgow

24/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Glasgow investigating the function of the M1 receptor to design better drugs with fewer side effects.

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Blog – How to prepare a search strategy for your systematic review

24/08/2022

Dr Aida Suarez-Gonzalez

Dr Aida Suárez-Gonzalez discusses the importance of research exploring the age of dementia onset, and the influence on clinical expression

Training

Introduction to Ripple Effects Mapping

22/08/2022

NIHR

Learn how to use ‘Ripple Effects Mapping’ to measure the impact of public health interventions, in this post from NIHR ARC West

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Podcast – Royal Society Pairing Scheme – Insights from Westminster

22/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

Dr Fiona McLean talks with Dr Sarah Marzi and Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly sharing their insights from participating in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme.

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Blog – How academic misconduct affects ECRs

19/08/2022

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Academic misconduct damages public confidence in research, but how does it affect ECRs? in this blog Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali explores

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Profile – Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly, Cardiff University

19/08/2022

Dementia Researcher

UKRI Future Leader Fellow and UK Dementia Research Institute Group Leader exploring Parkinson’s disease and the role synaptic dysfunction.

Partner Blogs

A tool for navigating your research career

18/08/2022

LSE Impact Blog

New tool to help map your activities exposing where activity is clustered, supporting you to be strategic and selective in what you take on to support your career priorities and goals.

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Blog – Study Pre-registration: Say it, do it, share it.

17/08/2022

Dr Anna Volkmer

Future-proof your research and Preregister your next study. In this blog Dr Anna Volkmer will explain why and the benefits.