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, Partner Blogs, Top tips

Communicating your research in plain language

09/03/2020

Dementia Researcher

Researchers share personal stories behind their science at Berlin Science Week, exploring how storytelling changes the way they communicate their work.

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What the way you arrange your bookshelves says about you

06/03/2020

Dementia Researcher

From alphabet pedants to colour-coded creatives, here are the six tribes every book-lover belongs to. From Matt Blake at Penguin Publishers

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Ten Simple Rules to becoming a principal investigator

04/03/2020

Dementia Researcher

Ten tricky steps, not simple rules: this must-read guide lays out what it really takes to become a PI, from papers and people to purpose and perseverance.

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NIHR training to support embedding research in the NHS

04/03/2020

NIHR

New interactive tools on NIHR Learn support NHS research staff to inspire, promote and embed research across the health service.

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What Makes Research Interesting? Five Dimensions That Matter

03/03/2020

LSE Impact Blog

What makes academic work interesting? Manuel Goyanes explores five key traits that help papers stand out, inspire readers and influence the field.

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Understanding Dementia MOOC

02/03/2020

Dementia Researcher

Think you know dementia? Join 26,000 others on the free Wicking MOOC to explore the brain, the disease, and care – courses every few months

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Podcast – UK Dementia Care Research Summit 2020

02/03/2020

Dementia Researcher

Catch up on the UK Dementia Care Research Summit. Hear from experts as they reflect on the key lessons, standout studies, and what care research needs next.

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Profile – Dr Tamara Backhouse, University of East Anglia

29/02/2020

Dementia Researcher

Dr Tamara Backhouse is a Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia focusing on dementia care in care homes, family settings and in acute hospital wards.

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Profile – Dr Keir Yong, University College London

29/02/2020

Dementia Researcher

Principal Research Fellow exploring how dementia may cause changes in vision and spatial awareness, particularly in individuals with posterior cortical atrophy

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Profile – Hannah Churchill, Alzheimer’s Society

29/02/2020

Dementia Researcher

Hannah Churchill is a Research Communications Manager at the Alzheimer’s Society. Helping the charity and researchers share their vital work.

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Blog – Reflecting on the first UK Dementia Care Research Summit

27/02/2020

Adam Smith

Adam Smith discusses what he learned from the recent UK Dementia Care Research Summit, and his top 10 take-aways that could improve dementia care research.

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The Global Caring Crisis

27/02/2020

Dementia Researcher

Exploriong care systems in different economies across the world, questioning why domestic work carried out chiefly by women and girls is largely underpaid