Author: Annet Nakkazi // Editor: Erin Pallott Teaming up with the Doctoral Academy and the Researcher Development team, I organised a podcast episode about how postgraduate researchers can start building their online presence and researcher profiles. I talked about our blog, Research Hive, and how blogging is a great way to start getting your name … Continue reading Building Your Researcher Profile and Utilising Social Media – Annet Nakkazi and Rural Great Minds
Insights from a Summer School in Digital Health and Preventive Healthcare Author: Bibhusha Karki // Editor: Karabo Sibasa In early August, some PhD students and post-doctoral staff from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) were competitively selected for an opportunity to attend a summer school in Bertinoro, Italy. Organised by The Mobilise-D consortium … Continue reading Unlocking the Power of Multidisciplinary Collaboration:
Editor: Erin Pallott Welcome to the new blog series Shout Your Success. This is a space to brag. We want to know what you’re working on, what you’re proud of, or whatever you want to share in a shorter format. Societies, volunteering, prizes, events, side hustles, recommendations, ANYTHING you would like to make visible to … Continue reading Shout Your Success #1 – August 2023
Authors: Erin Pallott & Charlotte Mellor // Editor: Erin Pallott It’s been a busy period for conferences and showcases. Whether you love being in the spotlight and preaching your findings, or you’d much rather be hiding away in the lab focusing on experiments, presentations and conferences are an essential part of your PhD journey. We … Continue reading Celebrating Our Peers – DAGS Conference 2023
Author: Jess Mackin // Editor: Erin Pallott Integration of sustainable practices in a research environment may seem difficult due to the vast amount of single-use plastics and high energy consumption from equipment. In general, life sciences are responsible for ~1.8% of total global plastic production and labs can consume up to 6 times more energy … Continue reading A Brief Guide to Sustainable Practice in the Lab
Authors: Erin Pallott, Ayobami Olanrewaju & Jill Merlini I don’t think we need to emphasise the importance of communicating research to the public. It is essential we keep a two-way conversation about how public money is spent, how research is conducted, and how our research is beneficial, in language understandable to all. This is already … Continue reading The Value of Public Engagement – Pint of Science Launch Event
Author - Karabo Sibasa & Jade Pickering // Editor - Karabo Sibasa Photo by Jason Goodman on Unsplash Reading time: 4 minutes I sat down with Jade Pickering, a University of Manchester alumnus who completed her PhD in psychology in 2020, to talk about her path to her current role. Jade now works as Head … Continue reading Alternative Careers: From psychology PhD to working in a start-up
Author: Jill Merlini // Editor: Erin Pallott In2science are searching for volunteers to work with them on their summer programme to mentor and teach students from underrepresented backgrounds to help them realise their full potential within STEM. What is In2science? The In2science summer programme provides disadvantaged Year 12 students with the support, skills and experience … Continue reading In2science summer programme – mentoring underrepresented students
Author: Karabo Sibasa // Editor: Erin Pallott The art of sleeping: read a book or meditate @flickr GerogeTan Teaching is one of the key skills that many PhD students develop over the course of their studies, whether through tutoring, demonstrating in labs or teaching assistant roles. While some of us will have experience of lesson … Continue reading Designing your own course with The Brilliant Club
Authors: Phoebe Harding-Walker & Jill Merlini What is Pint of Science? You may recognise the name, Pint of Science, from Jill’s blog post When alcohol and research mix… earlier this year, but let us reintroduce ourselves. We are Pint of Science and we are a global science festival, bringing experts to your local pub, café or space to share … Continue reading Who’s getting the next round? Pint of Science is back!
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