Research
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Age-friendly VIP – Off to A Good Start
This blog post is part of an ongoing series about the University of Bath's innovative Vertically Integrated Projects (VIPs), which are open to all students. For background information, take a look at our previous posts. Hello everyone! I hope you...
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VIP – Retrospective and Prospective Dissemination Opportunities
Hello, it’s me again! Following my recent blog post, I think having a final wrap-up about my participation in the Age-friendly VIP this year would be good. This post also marks my tenth instalment on this journey. Hip, hip, hooray!...
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Post-Age-Friendly-VIP-Workshop Takeaways
Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the lovely summer! While I work and study all year round, summer is a less hectic season for me. That’s why it’s good to look back on what I’ve done in semester two....
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Walking you Through my Placement Poster
One of the assignments towards the end of your placement is a “Conference Poster”. This is a document that is shared with Year 1 and Year 2 students and displayed at a Poster presentation to give incoming students an insight...
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Creating an Age-Friendly Community VIP workshop
Hello everyone. I hope you have had a lovely Easter break! Since the last blog post in January, there have been many updates about our VIP. Unlike all other blog posts, I’m writing this piece in my student accommodation at...
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Discussions in Research
We have DEI talks every semester in our lab, considering how we can foster inclusivity and open research in our lab at New York University! Useful graphic shown to us about equity. What is DEI? DEI stands for diversity, equity...
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Starting further study while taking a career break
I have recently completed my first semester of MRes International Development at the University of Bath (UoB), and would love to share my initial experience of studying at this prestigious institution, and what it means to be returning to academia...
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Our Age-friendly VIP - Slowly but surely
Hello all, it’s Vienne. I hope you had a lovely inter-semester break! If you’ve read my first blog post, you may remember me saying that I EYEBALLED every single email that came through so that I wouldn’t miss any learning...
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First Months of Placement in NYC
New York, NY - a city so nice, they named it twice! First month reflections It’s finally been a little over a month since I began my research placement at New York University - and what a month it’s been!...
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VIP – Creating an age-friendly environment
Hello everyone! Welcome back! I’m Vienne from Hong Kong, a second-year doctoral student in Education. My first blog post about my VIP experience was published a year ago. Today, here is my sixth instalment on this journey. Ta-daaaah! Speaking of...