Shout Your Success #3 – December 2023

Editor: Erin Pallott Things might be slowing down in preparation for Christmas closures, but many are still passionately working on their side projects. In this edition, we have some great examples of projects focusing on the inclusivity of underrepresented backgrounds in education and research. Matthew SintonIn 2019, we started The STEM Village as a way …

Designing your own course with The Brilliant Club

Author: Karabo Sibasa // Editor: Erin Pallott The art of sleeping: read a book or meditate @flickr GerogeTan Teaching is one of the key skills that many PhD students develop over the course of their studies, whether through tutoring, demonstrating in labs or teaching assistant roles. While some of us will have experience of lesson …

Teaching on Zoom: The new norm

By Tarnjit Sidhu For PhD students, teaching is a brilliant way of getting hands on experience of working with students and building your CV, especially if you’re wanting to progress within academia. There are many ways of getting involved with teaching opportunities at UoM, for example The Brilliant Club, Manchester Access Programme (MAP), and general …

Sci comm from your sofa

Working From Home Vectors by Vecteezy By Nadine Mirza A few weeks ago we witnessed an announcement pertaining to the current lockdown, memorable for the science it featured. Not because of what it said- but that we had no idea what it said. Fast paced jargon with an offensive onslaught of figures, missing labels and …

Interested in commercialisation of your research? BioTech YES!

The career path whilst undertaking a PhD can too often seem like a narrow passageway, filled with pitfalls and obstacles, with the only goal being an academic position at the end. It can be difficult to imagine how research in the lab can be applied in a career outside of a university. Commercialisation of research …

Joining the Brilliant Club

Author: Stephanie Macdonald Each week we get a great round-up of all the opportunities available outside of our research from the DAGS team.  But, what we don’t get to hear are any first-hand experiences. If, like me, you have the tendency to bite off a bit more than you can chew, it can be helpful …