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The Stages of a PhD: What to Expect From Offer to Graduation
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- Research Assistant / Associate: Biomarkers & Inflammation in FTDNewPosted 22 Oct
- Postdoc Fellow: Hydrogel-Enabled Peptide Brain DeliveryNewPosted 22 Oct
- PhD: Mitochondrial Genome Editing & LHONNewPosted 21 Oct
- PhD: Digital Biomarkers for Mobility Decline and Falls in DementiaNewPosted 20 Oct
- Research Fellow: Dance and Exercise Interventions for Parkinson’sNewPosted 20 Oct
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- MRC Partnership GrantNewPosted 21 Oct
- MRC Early Independence Clinician Scientist FellowshipNewPosted 21 Oct
- James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships rolling call (HSDR Programme)Posted 17 Oct
- NINE DTP ESRC PhD Studentships 2027Closing soonPosted 12 Oct
- NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria PhD StudentshipsClosing soonPosted 12 Oct
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Lesley Cousland of ENRICH Scotland asks what eight research requests landing at once mean for a busy care home, and how to coordinate studies better.
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Rahul Sidhu and Prisha Sharma started out in neuroscience research. One stayed in the lab, one moved into clinical work. They compare notes on both paths.
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Beccy Owen swaps the lab for gorge walking and Silverstone, and finds that a PhD might be an individual qualification, but science is a team sport.
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Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.
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Why are people living with dementia in care homes still left out of research? Bernie McInally on what early career researchers hear, and what they don't.
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Dr Yvonne Couch reads UKRI's new grant assessment plans and asks what fewer, longer grants, triage and interviews mean for early and mid-career researchers.
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Pack Your Pipettes: Moving Lab, City and CountryChanging lab, university or country? Pack Your Pipettes brings together researchers who've packed the boxes, moved the grant and lived to tell the tale.
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