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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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Blog – The Role of Memory Clinics in Clinical Research

06/05/2025

Dr Peter Connelly

Guest blog by Dr Peter Connelly explores how memory clinics play a vital and often underused role in linking routine assessment to dementia clinical trials.

Partner Blogs

Why you should write your PhD thesis backwards

05/05/2025

Nature Careers Blog

By considering the central statement of your entire PhD, you can structure your writing around it, says Tuuli Toivonen in a post on Nature Careers

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Profile – Professor Fiona Ducotterd, ARUK Drug Discovery Institute

04/05/2025

Dementia Researcher

Professor Fiona Ducotterd, Chief Scientific Officer at the ARUK Drug Discovery Institute at UCL translating novel disease biology into drug discovery

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Blog – Building a Personal Brand

02/05/2025

Adam Smith

Personal branding isn’t about self-promotion. Adam Smith shares how clarity and consistency can help researchers get noticed for the right reasons.

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Profile – Dr Peter Connelly, Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network

02/05/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Peter Connelly is a retired Old Age Psychiatrist with a background in supporting trials and study delivery, and leading a research network across Scotland.

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Podcast – Building Insights Brick by Brick: Lego Serious Play

02/05/2025

Dementia Researcher

🎙️ 🎧 Dr Anna Volkmer chats with Dr Warren Donnellan, Dr Alys Griffiths & Dr Joe Langley on using LEGO Serious Play to boost insight in dementia research.

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Blog – AI and BlueSky: Embracing the Everyday Tech of Academia

02/05/2025

Rebecca Williams

New blog by Rebecca Williams on using AI, apps, and social platforms to boost your research life — from Zotero to BlueSky, she’s got tips to try today!

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Population-level policies on risk factors for dementia could reduce costs

01/05/2025

NIHR

Population-level policies tackling dementia risk factors like salt, sugar, smoking and pollution could save billions and add healthy years to people’s lives.

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Blog – Retreat, Regroup, Rewrite

30/04/2025

Emily Spencer

Emily Spencer shares how a writing retreat helped her find rest, focus, and confidence during a challenging stage of her PhD journey.

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Sexual harassment thrives in silence, even in gender-equality hotspots

29/04/2025

Nature Careers Blog

‘There are no model countries’ when it comes to creating environments that encourage victims of sexual harassment to come forward, shows a study of one Swedish university.

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Profile – Dr Emma Yhnell, Cardiff University

27/04/2025

Dementia Researcher

Dr Emma Yhnell from Cardiff University, award-winning neuroscientist, educator, and passionate advocate for inclusive, engaging science communication.

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Blog – How to Network and Advice for Making the First Move

25/04/2025

Adam Smith

In this blog Adam Smith provides practical, honest advice for building you network and research connections. Start small, stay human, & send that first message