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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If it doesn’t, rain it pours… by Professor John Holloway
Why conferences will never be the same (they will be better!!) by Professor Philip Calder
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
Read more“The silver linings of adapting to change” by Professor Julie Parkes
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
Read more“Entering a second lockdown” by Professor Salim Khakoo
As we enter “Groundhog Day” 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
Read moreAdapting to change at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit by Professor Cyrus Cooper
“It 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
Read more“The Wessex Institute – Improving the art and science of research funding around the world” by Matt Westmore
You may never have heard of the Wessex Institute – or if you have you might not know what we do. In this blog I want to tell you a little bit about us and one of the ways we
Read moreThe value of personal interaction in research by Professor John Holloway
Today marks a return to normality for eNews in that we are returning to Facutly Leadership blogs to replace the weekly covid update from the Dean (and the occasional substitute) that we have become accustomed to in the last seven
Read more“Deluded? Me?” by 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
Read more“Catching the wave of opportunity” by Professor Salim Khakoo
One of the highlights in the Faculty last week was hearing the Chief Medical Officer, Christopher Whitty informing us how best to lobby politicians. Politicians, he said were intelligent, financially driven, time-poor, had transient roles in government and were only
Read moreClinical academic training in Wessex: opportunities and challenges by Professor Elaine Dennison
The start of each year is peak season for many aspects of medical training and recruitment. After the academic foundation doctor interviews just before Christmas, many of us have been interviewing potential medical students at Highfield. However, for the Southampton
Read more“Research after Brexit” by Professor Tim Elliott
As luck would have it, my turn to blog falls in the week the UK withdrew from the European Union. Like most scientists I think this was a bad idea, given what the European project has enabled in terms of
Read more“It’s all about the impact” by Professor John Holloway
I am writing this blog in Washington DC where I was invited to speak at the 50th Meeting of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society. I was speaking in a workshop on the Heritable Hazards of Smoking. This session focussed
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