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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

The nine-to-five PhD: mere myth or an achievable goal?

21/04/2026

Nature Careers Blog

Can you squeeze your graduate programme into a 40-hour working week? These 13 current and former PhD candidates reveal their top time-management tips.

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Blog – The Long Way Round to a PhD

20/04/2026

Beccy Owen

Beccy Owen shares her path to a PhD, from doubt and detours to finding her place in dementia research, and what the journey has really felt like.

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5 things that confuse PhD students about qualitative research

20/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Elizabeth Yardley explains why qualitative PhD research feels hard, unpacking common struggles around rigour, analysis, interviews and making sense of data.

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Blog – Am I Ready? Knowing When to Apply for Your First Research Fellowship

20/04/2026

Dr Sam Moxon

Dr Sam Moxon shares how to judge when to apply for your first research fellowship, from finding your question to proving independence and readiness.

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Blog – No Care Homes Left Out in Dementia Research

18/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

Kirsty Hynes explores why rural and island care homes must be included in dementia research, highlighting barriers, insights, and opportunities.

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Podcast – Rethinking Wandering in Care Homes

17/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

In this podcast we’re ‘Rethinking wandering in care homes’. New research shows walking is meaningful, not a problem & shares practical ways to support it safely

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Mental Health Challenges in Dementia Researchers

16/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

New study by Waters Harvey et al reveals high mental health challenges in early career dementia researchers highlighting imposter syndrome and financial strain

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Ask Your Mentor Podcast Series Returns This Summer

15/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

Our Ask Your Mentor podcast returns this summer. Mentor and mentee pairs share career journeys with full support. No experience needed. Join us!

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Blog – Why “Normal” Cognition Is Hindering Preclinical Alzheimer’s Trials

15/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

“Normal” cognition may be masking treatment effects in Alzheimer’s trials. Andrew Kiselica explores how subtle decline could change everything.

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Blog – Momentum in Dementia Research: What I Saw at ARUK

14/04/2026

Rahul Sidhu

Rahul Sidhu reflects on the ARUK conference, sharing key science, emerging ideas, and why dementia research feels more connected and forward moving than ever.

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Profile – Franziska Weinmar, University of Tübingen

14/04/2026

Dementia Researcher

Franziska Weinmar is a PhD researcher at University of Tübingen studying how hormones shape women’s mental health, and hosts the Let’s Talk About Women podcast.

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Blog – Optimise, troubleshoot, repeat – Beginning a new project

09/04/2026

Dr Clíona Farrell

Dr Clíona Farrell reflects on starting a new postdoc, sharing how planning, troubleshooting, and perseverance shape early project progress in the lab.