23 August 2018
Our researchers have been working for the last 4 years to improve the lives of people living with and surviving serious illness.
As part of that research we often need to speak to people who have experience of illness. It's their stories that can change lives for others.
Dr Teresa Corbett is beginning a fresh piece of research looking at how older people who have survived cancer deal with other illnesses they may have. So in many cases people may have overcome cancer, but live with severe
· Aged over 70
· Have finished treatment for cancer in the past 2 years OR who are on ‘active surveillance’ or ‘watchful waiting’.
· Have at least one other long-term health condition or illness
OR
· if you care for someone who meets the above criteria
If you're interested in taking part:
Please click on the following link to let her know ASAP:https://goo.gl/forms/BA4Mnqbg5ZEusAnr1
The event is scheduled for the very near future - Tuesday 4 September (2pm-4pm, Highfield House Hotel, Southampton). So ideally we need to know of interest in this project by Thursday August 30.
Building capacity for academic writing.. by Professor Anne Rogers
‘publication tsunami that is now an exponential wave’. The effects of this tsunami are well rehearsed: the enormous pressure on peer review processes; reduction in the time researchers have to read individual outputs; and, perhaps most commented on, the growth of a commercial market of fee-for-publication-based journals which lack the usual bulwarks of scientific credibility read blog >We would be pleased to hear from you if you are interested in becoming involved in our research and implementation.
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