Calling all PhD students: Chance to share your inspiring ideas for a better world! Falling Walls Lab Edinburgh is looking for twenty excellent young academics, entrepreneurs and professionals aged 35 or under with bold and fresh ideas which could have a positive impact on society. You will have 3 minutes …
We are running a new course ‘Statistics Consultancy 1:1 Session’ on the 26th May 2014. This is an opportunity to discuss your research one-to-one with an experienced medical statistician during a 30 minute slot with 5 available slots. For more information, or to book a place, please visit our website: …
Many PhD researchers spend up to a year conducting fieldwork, and frequently this is overseas. The fieldwork experience can often be one of the most enriching parts of your research but it can also be challenging. The IAD has run several workshops on fieldwork and here are some of the …
Guest Blog Post from Dr Mike Capaldi, Commercialisation Director – Edinburgh BioQuarter Scotland has always been at the forefront of life science innovation with Edinburgh having played a key role, from Lister’s discovery of antiseptic, Simpson’s discovery of chloroform and the creation of the first genetically engineered vaccine (for hepatitis …
Guest blog post from Dr Joanna Young, Director of The Scientific Editing Company Every now and again a researcher needs to escape from their daily stomping ground to reflect. The second half of a Ph.D. has a tendency to be all consuming: you have battled through the insecurity of your …
This academic year we have started a ‘bitesize’ series of courses and workshops for PhD students and research staff. These give people the opportunity to attend short, condensed sessions on specific topics such as presentation skills, without the time commitment of a full day workshop. Most of these ‘bitesize’ workshops …
