Dementia Researcher: Careers, community and support for early career dementia researchers.

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.

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.

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.

Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.

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.

Emily Spencer writes about how self-imposed deadlines, taming her inner critic and a writing retreat turned academic writing into her favourite part of a PhD.