Interested in doing a PhD focused on improving services & outcomes for children & young people with eye disorders/vision impairment? NIHR GOSH BRC studentship ⁦Population, Policy and Practice Department⁩ ⁦UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health⁩ ⁦Dr Lola Solebo 💙👶🏾👁️👩🏾‍💻⁩ 👇🏽 gosh.nhs.uk/our-research/o…

'The fate of medical students, and the future of our profession, hangs in the balance.'

Our MSC co-chairs Shivani 🍉 Chinelo address #MedStudentConf on how we can make change together.

The NIHR's #FutureFocusedLeadershipProgramme Leaders stream is open for applications. The current stream is open to early-mid career researchers who are looking to enhance their leadership and management skills. Applications close 7 June. Apply: nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/a…

The BMA’s annual policy forum for medical (and dental) academics the Medical Academics Conference will take place in BMA House and on-line on Friday 17 May. More details and a link to the registration form here: bma.org.uk/events/britain…

The magnificent Catalyst lecture theatre packed out for the first Rare Disease Research UK annual conference.

‘Exploring the Rare Disease Research Landscape’.

Pioneering science, innovative policy and patients at the heart of priority setting for #raredisease research 🤩

This blog from the GMC deserves some scrutiny ... a 🧵1/10👇
gmcuk.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/dev…

Hopefully the solution to the pay dispute in Wales will include funding for it in the Academic sector.

Thanks for writing this Waljit and colleagues. We seem be caught up in a relentless “war on excellence” the main casualties of which will be our best trainees, the quality of UK clinical science, and ultimately the well being of patients and the UK economy.

Inaugural .The BMA elections are now open for the public health registrar subcommittee, dealing with UK-wide public health issues. Any public health registrar in the UK can self-nominate (BMA members only). Link below:

elections.bma.org.uk

More democratic, more engaging 🩺

An important letter, grateful to sign with David Strain on behalf of BMA Medical Academics. An ill-judged decision that medical academics and BMA Students will continue to oppose.

Med Students have many allies against the UK Foundation Programme change moving SFP (Specialised Foundation Programme) onto the PIA computer-generated ranking.

Thanks to medical academics across the UK with NIHR Research, BMA Medical Academics & more below:

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Women in Academic Medicine chair Sarah Mills introduces Becky Cox, co-chair, Surviving in Scrubs, giving an overview of the campaign; Jane Illes & Janet Richardson, co-chairs, Tackling Sexual & Gender-Based Violence in UK Medical Education group outline its origins & priorities

Webinar: tackling harassment in medical academic workplaces 12 March, 12.30–1.30pm | An opportunity to hear about the work being done to tackle harassment in medical academic workplaces, and to put questions to the women spearheading that work: bma-mail.org.uk/t/c/AQiEtRUQxM…

With the recent changes to the Specialized Foundation Programme allocations made by UK health bodies, here is what students have to say. Once again, a decision that impacts all medical students, made without student consultation.

What are your thoughts?

It's #InternationalWomensDay & applications are still open for SUSTAIN - our programme for women in research.

Find out how we support women with tailored workshops, mentoring & media training, and apply for the programme here: ow.ly/mvfR50QGzYh

📆 Closes 18 March

A terrific new report with lots of empirical data from Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). TL;DR is that UK unis produce spinouts at same rate as US unis, once you normalise for size.

SPINNING OUT SUCCESS: Demystifying UK university spinout trends, equity and investment ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/uci-p…

Advocating for women in academic medicine through the generations: my first PhD student, Dr Sarah Bowers, holding a photo of three generations of doctoral supervisors!
#internationalwomensday #iwd
MWF
BMA Medical Academics
@blairhsmith1H Sarah Bowers School of Medicine

We’re thrilled that the Chancellor has just announced £45m for charity-funded early career researchers. Supporting #ECRs is essential in driving future breakthroughs that save and improve lives. bit.ly/3UZbyXw #IgniteResearch