Summer School Placements
November 5, 2015
As the days are getting shorter and daylight saving starts, it’s official….. Freshers’ week is over and the real work in the University starts. While the temperatures are slowly falling, I can bet my bottom dollar, or should I say pound, that the third years are starting to feel the heat when it comes to …
U21 Summer School in Mexico
September 21, 2015
Low budget Healthcare: What the U21 Summer School in Mexico taught me Despite our best efforts as Pharmacy students, terminologies like QALY might sometimes seem a bit of a blur through those 9 am lectures after a whole night of binge-watching Mad Men or Gossip Girl. However it is hard to miss words like ‘managing …
Pills and Pensions: Healthcare During the Greek Financial Crisis
August 18, 2015
Intense Financial Meltdown Unless you’ve been able to avoid all print and broadcast media over the summer, terms like ‘bailout’, ‘GDP’ and ‘austerity’ as well as organisations such as the IMF, ECB and Syriza have become synonymous with the intense financial meltdown in southern Europe. Depending on where you stand politically, it is likely your …
Studying Abroad: My Malaysia Adventure
July 9, 2015
When I was applying to study pharmacy as an undergraduate many years ago, one thing in particular drew me towards The University of Nottingham more than anything else; the opportunity to travel and study abroad. This past year has been my fourth and final year of study and my wish finally came true, as I …
The squiggly blue line
June 2, 2015
Naim Hage, final year PhD student reflects on his PhD journey. I just plucked out my first grey hair, which I am definitely attributing to doing a doctoral degree. After 3+ years of hard work, it’s scary exciting to know that I have only just scratched the surface of my discipline. As I steadily approach the …
The expanding role of pharmacists?
May 28, 2015
Here is the latest post from Faye Greenwood. In the wake of the A&E crisis which consumed many hospitals this winter, the role of pharmacists, their extensive under-utilised clinical knowledge and expertise and their potential contribution to healthcare was once again brought to the fore. NHS England announced in December that Health Education England (HEE) …
Supporting the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone
May 21, 2015
This blog was written by Gemma Bray, a research assistant who works with Professor Kevin Shakesheff in the School of Pharmacy. I have always admired the people who volunteer to help out in the aftermath of global disasters, be it the Boxing Day Tsunami or the earthquake in Haiti. I would watch the men and …
Collaborations: On Winning Friends and Influential Science
April 9, 2015
In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins extols the virtues of altruism and cooperation in benefitting species and their survival. For humanity, nowhere is this demonstrated more prominently than in scientific research where collaboration is essential in almost every aspect of the craft. Not only do they result in expansion of the knowledge base but also …
Kicking the habit
March 24, 2015
A new blog by Faye Greenwood. The call for standardised tobacco packaging was first initiated 3 years ago and it seems this campaign could soon come to fruition within a couple of weeks. Figures released by Cancer Research UK on 27th February 2015 indicate that based on current smoking rates, 2.7 million of today’s 12 …
An Insider’s Guide to the Life Academic
February 12, 2015
The American comedian Lois C.K. in his act described the pursuit of undertaking a doctorate of philosophy as ‘not particularly impressive, as you basically just study one thing for three years’. What he doesn’t elaborate on though is just exactly how much breadth, adventure and variety there is to studying ‘just one thing’. Last week, my …
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