Author: Katie Walwyn-Brown Who can resist the call to become part of a dream team? That's how I got involved with 'Have you Heard?'. I had volunteered at museum events and entered speaking competitions before, so I knew I enjoyed communicating science and was keen to take it to the next level. When a couple … Continue reading Making Public Engagement Personal
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
Should you make time to engage the public in your research, or is it a distraction from your PhD? Author: Jo Sharpe For most people undertaking a PhD, the main draw is the opportunity to carry out your own research. Asking your own scientific questions, designing experiments, and taking control of your own project of … Continue reading Public Engagement During Your PhD
Author: Paul Humphreys The human body can be compared to a well-oiled machine with tissues acting as individual components that function both independently and harmoniously. However, this comparison is only apt if the hypothetical machine performs certain tasks more efficiently at certain times of day and shuts down completely if you attempt to leave it … Continue reading Can our body clock help to repair injuries or cure disease?
“You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf” - Jon Kabat-Zinn Author: Katie Davies Mindfulness is… hard to define! There are many definitions of mindfulness but Mark Williams and Danny Penman sum it up well: “Mindfulness is a very simple form of meditation… A typical meditation consists of focusing your full attention … Continue reading Mindfulness in a PhD World
Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? - Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart Author: Jason Chu The epidemic of … Continue reading Lost in Isolation
Research by a team of psychologists at the University of Manchester has the potential to help people suffering from psychosis take control of their mental health through the use of a smartphone app. Author: Jo Sharpe The term “psychosis” refers to experiences in which an individual interprets reality in a different way to other people, … Continue reading Could smartphones hold the answer to the mental health crisis?
The career path whilst undertaking a PhD can too often seem like a narrow passageway, filled with pitfalls and obstacles, with the only goal being an academic position at the end. It can be difficult to imagine how research in the lab can be applied in a career outside of a university. Commercialisation of research … Continue reading Interested in commercialisation of your research? BioTech YES!
The winner of the Science Comms Essay Competition for the Doctoral Academy Graduate Society (DAGS) conference was announced last month as Natasha Motsi for her article on 'Why Manchester for My Research'. We caught up with Natasha and asked her a few questions about her time in Manchester. 1. Pick 3 words to describe Manchester … Continue reading Why Manchester for My Research?
With one in three people affected at some point in their lives cancer is a condition we’re all acquainted with. However, one cancer that may not be familiar is oesophageal aka cancer of the food pipe (the tube used to carry food from our mouths to our stomachs). Over the last quarter of a century … Continue reading Researcher Spotlight: Connor Rogerson
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