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Careers, Partner Blogs

Five reasons to do an internship during your PhD programme

10/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Rekindle your love for problem-solving by taking your lab skills to a completely different environment, says Jessica Sagers, in this Blog for Nature Careers.

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Profile – Dr Kellyn Lee

09/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Senior Research Assistant and PhD Student at the University of Southampton, researching Dementia Care. Fuelled by the great outdoors, gin and chocolate

Careers, Partner Blogs

Negative Impact – Is it possible to manage potentially harmful research findings?

08/04/2019

LSE Impact Blog

What do you do with research that produces potentially harmful results? In this post for the LSE Impact Blog Andrew Crane, explores how research can produce negative as well as positive impacts on society.

Careers, Partner Blogs

Inspired – but is your research idea novel?

04/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

You may have a great idea, but if you’re intending to apply for funding, it’s vital that you check your idea is novel. The funders will, and this blog from the NIHR RDS has some great advise.

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LEARN to help people Join Dementia Research

03/04/2019

Adam Smith

The NIHR has launched a simple new online awareness tool, to help healthcare professionals and researchers find out more about Join Dementia Research, and how they can help patients become involved.

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11 ways to avert a data-storage disaster

03/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Hard-drive failures are inevitable, but data loss doesn’t have to be. Top tips from Jeffrey M. Perkel in this blog shared from Nature Careers.

Careers, Dissemination

How mindfulness can help Ph.D. students deal with mental health challenges

02/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

In this blog by Katie Langin for Science Magazine, Katie explores how mindfulness helped PhD students deal with mental health challenges at the University of Tasmania.

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Podcast – Language & Communication In The Dementias, London

01/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Lakshini Mendis talks with Anna Volkmer, Rosemary Varley and Vitor Zimmerer about language change in dementia, PPA, diagnosis and communication support.

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Podcast – Language & Communication In The Dementias, Sydney

01/04/2019

Dementia Researcher

Adam Smith talks with Luisa Krein and Cathy Taylor Rubin in Sydney about language and communication in dementia, including PPA and support for carers.

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Horizon 2020 grant holders – register now

29/03/2019

Dementia Researcher

UK organisations holding grants from Horizon 2020, the European Union’s flagship programme for research and innovation, need to submit information about them into a UKRI portal designed to capture basic details about the grants.

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Help develop the Cognitive Footprint: a new public engagement project

29/03/2019

Dementia Researcher

Be part of the team exploring the development of an exciting, novel concept. Read on to find out how Early Career Researchers can get involved in workshops with patients and public or help contribute to the debate.

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