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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.

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AI predicts dementia 2 years earlier than current systems

16/12/2021

Dementia Researcher

AI can predict which people who attend memory clinics will develop dementia within two years with 92% accuracy, a largescale study concludes

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Blog – What is mixed-methods research and how do you go about it?

16/12/2021

Dr Clarissa Giebel

We often think about research methodology in two ways – qualitative or quantitative. But what if we use both? Dr Clarissa Giebel discusses mixed methods

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Blog – Open access publishing & dissemination

15/12/2021

Dr Anna Volkmer

Dr Anna Volkmer describes the trials & tribulations of going for gold, in other words getting and open access publication.

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Defending a PhD thesis – are you ready for the emotions?

14/12/2021

LSE Impact Blog

Eva Lantsoght, discusses how both PhD students and supervisors can benefit from understanding emotions underlying a PhD defence

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Profile – Dr Melanie Handley, University of Hertfordshire

13/12/2021

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Society Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire researching and exploring how to improve dementia care in hospitals.

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Blog – An introduction to Social Return on Investment

13/12/2021

Nathan Stephens

SROI is a mixed methods framework for measuring the social value of an intervention. Nathan Stephens talks us through the process

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Social Audio – Perpetual Postdoc, Breaking the Cycle

11/12/2021

Dementia Researcher

Catch-up on this Spaces discussion, 4 Professors share their tips & experiences for any postdocs who are feeling stuck, ready to progress or looking for change

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Profile – Professor Tara Spires-Jones, University of Edinburgh

10/12/2021

Dementia Researcher

Professor of Neurodegeneration & Deputy Director, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences within the UK Dementia Research Institute

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Podcast – Perpetual Postdoc – A chat about academic careers that Important People Need to Hear

10/12/2021

Dementia Researcher

Yvonne, Kritika, Kamar and Sarah talk about academic career challenges and contemplate what needs to happen in order for things to change.

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Blog – When to leave academia, and how to return if you change your mind

09/12/2021

Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali

Traditional academic careers are no-longer the norm, you need to find your own path, which can include leaving and returning. Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali discusses

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Podcast – Perpetual Postdoc – Avoiding being an Ostrich, Tricky Conversations About Academia

08/12/2021

Dementia Researcher

Four postdocs discuss some of the things they love about academic life and some of the major obstacles they face – hear the painful truth about life in academia

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Blog – How to Develop Research Independence

07/12/2021

Dr Sam Moxon

Dr Sam Moxon considers how to breakfree of doing other peoples research, and progress to being a PI and following your own research path