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Blog – Coding, Lessons from a Seamstress
Sewing clothes always seemed slightly magical to me. A seamstress sits with a yard of fabric and minutes later a dress appears from nowhere. Making my first item of clothing was not so mystical. It...
View ArticleNIHR Guide to designing a team day
While remote and hybrid working models are becoming more prominent, team members still value the importance of spending time face to face. However, often due to complex logistics and cost, getting...
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Blog – Science Communication, Reaching Out of the Bubble
I grew up in a small town in the North of England where private schools are an unseen rarity, and the nearest colleges are an hour away by bus. By the time it was my turn to apply to university, I’d...
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Blog – Self-Report: It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
It’s four o’clock on a Friday, you’ve been working hard all week and now the sun is shining outside. You’re one frolic away from the weekend when you remember that you’ve recently signed up for a...
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Blog – Using Time Tracking for Time Management
Good time management is a vital skill for any researcher. It’s easy to lose track of how much time you’ve spent working, or have a poor balance between different kinds of work you may need to be...
View ArticleUsing the Indices of Multiple Deprivation in Dementia Research
In this National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) talk, we hear from Dr Smruit Bulsari, Senior Research Officer at University of Essex. Smruit will present a guide on how to understand and use the...
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Blog – Mastering the PhD Journey: Key Application Insights
Almost as big as the undertaking of a PhD is the application process towards one. In my view, the process doesn’t start when you begin the online form of your chosen institution, but months, possibly...
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Blog – How to use basic AI as a daily research tool
Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominated 2023 as one of the most important scientific and societal stories of the year. After the Silicon Valley based company, OpenAI, launched its AI chatbot, ChatGPT,...
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Blog – Making your presentations more accessible
At a conference I attend fairly often, a bingo card normally circulates on social media of terrible aspects of academic presentations, and everyone tries to witness all of these before the conference...
View ArticleScience Without Anguish
Michael Coleman, van Geest Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge has a new blog “Science Without Anguish”. “We love science but not the stuff...
View ArticleNIHR Clinical Trials Toolkit
The Clinical Trials Toolkit provides practical advice to researchers in designing and conducting publicly funded clinical trials in the UK. Through the use of an interactive routemap, this site...
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Toolkit for Sharing Clinical Trial Results with Participants
Sharing clinical trial results with the trial’s participants can build trust, show respect, and help participants feel valued. Yet most trials do not inform participants of the trial’s findings at all....
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