In the two decades of clinical research I enjoyed prior to the far-reaching influence of the world-wide web, I recall many fulfilling hours catching up with the literature in the library. This had two enormous benefits which I did not
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As most of you should know now, we will be submitting both Faculty of Medicine and Institutional Athena Swan Charter Silver level renewal applications this year. Many people are spending a substantial amount of time in the preparation work. The
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Enterprise is not about the money. Let me say that again; enterprise activity – contract research, spin-outs, consultancy, service contracts, intellectual property and all that jazz – are not about the money. Yes â they involve generating income and often
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Well, what a start to the year it has been. After a frantic end of the year working right up to the wire preparing the Research Excellence Framework submission for the Faculty that is due (for now) to be submitted
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We finally have the prospect that members of our population at greatest risk of serious consequences from Covid-19 infection risk will soon be vaccinated (have a listen to Saul Faustâs excellent lecture explaining the science and trials for the various
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Since March, the Faculty’s education team have been working in rapid response mode without much in the way of respite. This started with the immediate need to transfer face-to-face teaching to online delivery with the first lockdown. I remember the
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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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This week I want to focus on how we have adapted to change and some of the unexpected silver linings to the COVID cloud that has enveloped us over the last 10 months. We have been so agile and effective
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I have no idea what to write about. Sitting in my spare bedroom-come-office at home, surrounded by piles of washing, all moved urgently into mega-piles, like the mounds of leaves in the garden ready for the wheel-barrow, to be out
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As we enter âGroundhog Dayâ it is critical to look back on the positive way with which we dealt with the last lockdown, which shows us that we are considerably better placed to deal with this second lockdown than we
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âIt is not the fittest of the species that survives; it is the one most adaptable to change.” So went the famous misquote attributed to one of my heroes Charles Darwin, but actually written by Leon Megginson, Professor of Management
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The current surge in COVID-19 cases nationally is hard to ignore. We have been relatively cushioned in the south of the country but rather than being complacent that we seem to be getting off lightly, we need to take every
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