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I want to leave academia – what’s next?

01/03/2018

Thesis Whisperer

Good advice on how NOT to be an academic when you finish your PhD is pretty thin on the ground. Many supervisors have never done anything else, and/or are not…

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Write Your Way Out

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Is there such a thing as ‘writers block’? How can you come out of the other end?

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“TEXT!!” What can Love Island teach us about careers?

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

I assume you watched Love Island, right? It seems we all did. And if you didn’t (Don’t worry it will be back in the summer). Cancel all plans and you’ll…

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Measuring government goals for UK life sciences

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Michael Adeogun, Head of Life Sciences and Health at National Physical Laboratory, discusses the importance of effective measurement for the life sciences industry in achieving the key goals outlined in…

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Carla’s story – Alzheimer’s at 30

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Mum-of-two Carla Bramall began showing the symptoms of dementia at just 30-years-old, and she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at just 36. Now 39, Carla is bedbound in a care…

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Trina and Graeme – Living with a rare form of dementia

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

“There’s no connection between the brain and my eyes. The connection has been broken.” Dementia isn’t all about memory loss. Watch Trina’s story about her life with posterior cortical atrophy,…

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Life at a brain bank

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Manager of the South West Dementia Brain Bank Dr Laura Palmer explains her work at the bank and the connection she feels with the brain donors.

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Sophia’s story – Dementia Explained

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Sophia tells us about her grandma, who has dementia. Part of DementiaExplained.org, Alzheimer’s Research UK’s website helping children understand more about dementia.

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Why do a Clinical Research Training Fellowship?

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

There are a number of opportunities to be a clinician and academic in the UK. Watch this film from the MRC to explain more.

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Living alone with dementia at 92 – Remaining independent with Alzheimer’s disease

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Rose celebrated her 92nd birthday in February. She has dementia and lives on her own in a flat in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. With the support of family,…

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Bruce and Jan’s story – Later stage dementia

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Some viewers may find this film upsetting. Bruce Bovill gives a brave and moving account of his experience caring for his wife, Jan, in the later stages of her dementia.

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Peter and Sheila – living with dementia

01/03/2018

Dementia Researcher

Peter, 82, was diagnosed with vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in January 2009. He and his wife Sheila, 63, go to their local Memory Café and Singing for the Brain…

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