The Oxford English Dictionary defines âacademic (noun)â as âa teacher or scholar in a university or collegeâ and defines âuniversityâ as a âhigh-level educational institution in which students study for degrees and academic research is doneâ. Google Dictionary defines âacademic
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Scholarship and Collegiality
Will Big Data and real world evidence ever replace randomised trials?
The advocates of big data sometimes claim that, given enough data, tedious epidemiological concerns about data that is not missing at random, other causes of bias or confounding will become irrelevant, so that randomised trials will become unnecessary.
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 Fridayâs Vice Chancellors Awards ceremony held at St Mary Stadium…
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 moreMigration into the new Centre for Cancer Immunology
We are nearing the end of the first week of the researchersâ migration into the CCI where we join our colleagues in the Clinical Trials Unit who have been in occupation for a few weeks already.
Read moreThe ticking time bomb malnutrition
Nutrition and Hydration Week (12-18 March 2018) provides an opportunity to reflect on the state of the British diet and how well it meets the needs of the population.
Read moreCelebrating International Women’s Day
International Womenâs Day provides a fitting opportunity to acknowledge the extraordinary contribution that our female colleagues make to the Faculty of Medicine and the wider University.
Read moreNewton Ennis Morton, 21 December 1929 â 7 February 2018
Newton Morton, founding father of the field of Genetic Epidemiology, sadly passed away earlier this week.
Read moreThe Introvert Science Communicator Do I really have to explain?
What kind of scientist are you â introvert or extrovert? Academia of 30 years ago was a bit of an âIvory Towerâ, a state of privileged seclusion.Â
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 â we dream of looking younger, more shapely, whateverâŚ. but we donât want to invest a lot of time or money to achieve this even if it is our #1 new yearâs
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