Medics Revue is one of the events marking the Christmas season calendar and for any of you who were part of similar shows in your student days, you will find that the entertainment that is on offer is a tradition
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2018 summary
Professionalism – what does it mean to you?
We are nearing the end of another busy term, trying to ensure all urgent and important tasks are progressed, along with most of the important and less urgent ones, while aiming to keep a check on the mountain of those
Read moreScholarship and Collegiality
The Oxford English Dictionary defines “academic (noun)” as “a teacher or scholar in a university or college” and defines “university” as a “high-level educational institution in which students study for degrees and academic research is done”. Google Dictionary defines “academic
Read moreScience is a team effort
The announcements last week of the award of the 2018 Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”; and in Chemistry, …
Read moreUpdate on the Centre for Cancer Immunology
So much has happened at the Centre for Cancer Immunology since my last blog, and in retrospect it all seemed to be leading up to Friday’s Vice Chancellors Awards ceremony held at St Mary Stadium…
Read moreAn excellent GMC review of Southampton medical school – spread the word
I’m writing this the evening before a meeting with the General Medical Council and HEE Wessex, when we will be formally given feedback from our regulator on their five yearly Review of our University of Southampton BMBS Medicine programmes.
Read moreWelcome from the Faculty Dean
Welcome everyone to the first eNews blog of the new term and my first as Dean. Reflecting on my first two weeks, it has been incredibly busy meeting people both here and at Highfield.
Read moreThe Introvert Science Communicator Do I really have to explain?
What kind of scientist are you – introvert or extrovert? Academia of 30 years ago was a bit of an ‘Ivory Tower’, a state of privileged seclusion.
Read moreReform of medical education requires more than agreement
The latest edition of Medical Education[i], which has long been the top ranked journal of its kind[ii], reminds us that it is 30 years since the Edinburgh Declaration[iii] was approved at the World Conference on Medical Education held in the
Read moreBuilding Superhumans?
Most of us aspire to have better bodies – we dream of looking younger, more shapely, whatever…. but we don’t want to invest a lot of time or money to achieve this even if it is our #1 new year’s
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…inspire the next generation.
Read moreChallenges and opportunities
The annual rituals of the festive season and the rapidly-approaching close of 2017 provide the chance to reflect and to look to the future.
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