Author: Richard Dodd // Editor: Erin Pallott I’ve just entered the last six months of my PhD, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t stressed. I feel like there’s far too much to do and far too little time to do it. But multiple people have told me that this is the … Continue reading Doing a PhD with a mental health disability: a (mostly) happy story
Melissa Surgey Staff and students from across the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care (and wider) came together in March to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) and Women’s History Month. I’ve written previously for Research Hive about why it’s important to mark these events, both as a way to celebrate the … Continue reading Celebrating International Women’s Day in the Division of Population Health
Melissa Surgey International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked around the world on Monday 8th March. It is both a global day of celebration of the achievements and contributions of women in all aspects of society, and a call to action to accelerate gender equality. Celebrations this year are noticeably different as many of us are … Continue reading International Women’s Day: Our Favourite Female Reads
By Nathan Jariwala February is LGBT+ History Month, and as anyone within the community will tell you: life as a queer person is rough. I grew up avoiding all forms of romantic entanglement. I first realised I was Definitely Not Straight when I was a young man, walking through the underwear section of a men’s … Continue reading Gal, Enby or Guy: Doesn’t Matter, I’m Bi
Sleeping rough on Mosley Street, Manchester by Jason Chu Over 5,500 people in Greater Manchester are homeless. In Manchester, that's about 1,800 and in Salford it's close to 1,100. These are people who have to live on the streets or in temporary accommodation. These numbers do not include the hidden homeless, who survive by staying … Continue reading The Manchester 24 Hour Run Against Homelessness 2020 (Lockdown Edition)
By Charlotte Criscuolo The MRC DTP have recently hosted an online viewing of the film, Picture a Scientist. This film followed the lives of Prof Nancy Hopkins, Prof Jane Willenbring, and Dr Raychelle Burks, and their personal journeys of sexism in academia. From exclusion, gendered insults to sexual harassment. These struggles, small and large are faced … Continue reading Picture a Scientist
Leonard "Len" Benker Johnson was born on the 22nd of October 1902. He grew up in working class Clayton as the son of William Benker "Bill" Johnson, a Sierra Leonean merchant seaman, and Margaret Maher, his proudly Irish Mancunian Mother. He grew up in a multi-cultural childhood with fellow immigrants of Jewish, Irish, Italian, and … Continue reading Len Johnson: A Legend Denied
There is no doubt that there are countless incredible women working in scientific research. Is there even a gender gap in academia? Surely not still!? Surely we don’t need to keep promoting women in science? Surely the job is done, right? Sadly, although the effects of the gender gap may not be immediately obvious, there … Continue reading Battling the Stats and Succeeding as a Woman in Science
Author: Nadine Mirza In today’s reality, with dementia being the UK's leading cause of death and no cure in sight, we make do with second best: be it informing ourselves, preventative measures (eat your greens, run that mile), disease management or therapy. But what if second best is not equally available to everyone? With high … Continue reading Whether dementia discriminates or not, addressing it definitely does
Author: Hannah Long Tackling health inequalities by engaging those ‘seldom seen, seldom heard’ in research and healthcare services is a priority for the Department of Health, National Health Service and research universities in the UK. In July, the University of Manchester’s Public Programmes Team, of the Research and Innovation Division, held a two-day community ‘Sandpit’ … Continue reading “We are not that hard to reach!” – involving ‘seldom heard’ communities in research
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