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Category: Professor Philip Calder

The Southampton Diet and Health Innovation Hub

10/03/202310/03/2023
Becky Attwood
Professor Philip Calder, Research

The University has been awarded funding from the BBSRC of almost £1.6 million to lead one of six new Diet and Health Innovation Hubs.

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The return of the familiar …by Professor Philip Calder

09/12/202109/12/2021
Becky Attwood
Careers, Enterprise, International, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Research

In the last six weeks I have attended two conferences, one in Germany and one in Belgium. Prior to the lockdown I was a very frequent traveller with conferences, expert groups and other academic meetings taking me to all corners

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Is competition good for us? by Professor Philip Calder

16/09/202116/09/2021
Becky Attwood
Careers, Enterprise, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Research

We are surrounded by competition, from the inane to the highbrow. We love competition. The last three months alone have given us the gift of the Tour de France, the Euros, the Olympics, the Paralymics and Emma Raducanu at the

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A lesson from our past … by Professor Philip Calder

25/06/202116/06/2022
Becky Attwood
Careers, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Research

As academics, learned societies are important to us. Most of us will be a member of at least one such society, while those with multiple interests may have membership of several. Their role is to promote a particular academic discipline.

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Personal reflections on a difficult year by Professor Philip Calder

25/03/202125/03/2021
Becky Attwood
Careers, Education, Enterprise, Postgraduate, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Research, Undergraduate

I write this, 12 months from when I sent an email message to my School informing them that our buildings would be closed from 5pm the following day and that they were to take home with them the things that

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Why conferences will never be the same (they will be better!!) by Professor Philip Calder

03/12/202003/12/2020
Becky Attwood
Careers, Enterprise, International, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Research

Conferences are invaluable experiences for updating knowledge; for hearing from (and maybe even meeting) important figures in the field; for sharing new science with peers, getting feedback and gaining experience of presentation; and for networking and widening the circle of

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“Deluded? Me?” by Professor Philip Calder

05/03/202005/03/2020
Becky Attwood
Careers, Education, Enterprise, Postgraduate, Professional, Professor Philip Calder

Last Thursday, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading invited me to a public lecture entitled: “Self-Delusion”. Thinking that this might be a less-than-subtle message for me, I attended. The lecture was enjoyable with plenty of beautiful slides and

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Plan S and you – by Professor Philip Calder

04/04/2019
Becky Attwood
Enterprise, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Public engagement, Research

Last week, Faculty of Medicine staff received an email highlighting local changes to the policy on scientific publishing that are driven by the move to fully compliant open access. Amongst other things, this email mentioned Plan S and provided a

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Scholarship and Collegiality

26/10/2018
Rebecca Whitehead
Education, Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Public engagement

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

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The ticking time bomb malnutrition

15/03/201815/03/2018
Rebecca Whitehead
Professional, Professor Philip Calder, Public engagement

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.

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In Praise of Peer Review

20/01/2017
Rebecca Whitehead
Careers, Education, Professor Philip Calder, Research

The email with “Invitation to review” in the subject line arrives; you quickly scan down the email identifying the “Decline invitation” link; you click the link; the invitation is consigned to history, never to trouble you again.

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