Predicting Language Outcome and Recovery After Stroke

04/09/2025

We are recruiting a Research Assistant! Suitable for speech & language therapists interested in stroke and aphasia.

As you have declared an unspent criminal conviction your Unitemps branch will contact you to gather further details later in the application process.

27/04/2023

What happens when you have an MRI scan for research?
Find out more about the safety of MRI brain scanning and what to expect.

We made this video with our research volunteers as part of the Understanding MRI project.

The third video in the Understanding MRI animation series was released in 2023. It explores what happens when you have an MRI scan, including some of the imp...

26/04/2023

What is MRI and why is it used in research?
Find out more about MRI and why it is so useful for understanding the brain.

We made this video with our research volunteers as part of the Understanding MRI project.

Released in 2023, the second video in the Understanding MRI series covers: ‘Why is MRI used for research?’ It explains what MRI is, how it works and why MRI ...

25/04/2023

We are pleased to announce the launch of two new animations about MRI brain scanning! We made these two videos with people with and .

The videos aim to answer popular questions about MRI. We are very grateful to all the research volunteers for their time and thoughtful input. They really helped to improve the animations.

You can read more about the project and watch the videos here:

The Understanding MRI team have co-created two new animations which explain key aspects of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – a key neuroimaging technique used by researchers at UCL’s Department of Imaging Neuroscience.

27/10/2022

There is still time to book your free ticket for the UCL World Stroke Day Forum on Friday 28th October! Find out more: https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/.../ucl-world.../

This year’s UCL World Stroke Day Forum brought together more than 200 stroke survivors and 70 researchers and clinicians from across London, to discuss the future of stroke rehabilitation in the UK.

13/10/2022

Booking now open for the UCL World Stroke Day Forum!

UCL research groups and stroke charities are holding a series of free events for stroke survivors and families.

Get your free ticket for the event in central London on Friday 28th
October 2022.

Can’t make it to London? Book a ticket for our online sessions!

Find out more: https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/projects/wsdforum/ucl-world-stroke-day-forum-2022/

25/07/2022

We are recruiting a Research Assistant to join our happy team! Suitable for speech & language therapists interested in stroke and aphasia. Remote working, flexible hours.
https://portal.unitemps.com/Search/JobDetails/26849331

Unitemps are recruiting for a Research assistant within the Institute of Neurology. This role is for a speech and language therapy graduate, has an asap start date and an end date of 30/09/2022 (with...

13/05/2022

Non-stroke volunteers needed to help with brain scan study! The PLORAS team are looking for people over 55 with no stroke or other neurological diagnosis to visit us at UCL Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging for a functional MRI scan. This is a great way to support our research in and earn £15ph! Please share with your friends!

For more information, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M7b8wkpFQk3mtnZhxXS_zrSH05qV51LO/view?usp=sharing

06/04/2022

New roles at PLORAS for part-time research assistants! Suitable for qualified speech and language therapists. Remote working. Please apply through the Unitemps link to join our happy team! For queries about the roles email ploras@ucl.ac.uk.

Unitemps are recruiting for 2 Research Assistants to support the PLORAS Project, led by Professor Cathy Price, at UCL's Institute of Neurology until 30th June 2022, in the first instance. The work is likely to be part-time or even ad-...

14/03/2022

Read the World Stroke Day Forum 2021 Magazine!

The Wellcome Centre for Human
Neuroimaging have created a magazine to showcase the UCL World Stroke Day Forum 2021.

The Forum aimed to empower stroke survivors to influence the future of stroke
research at UCL by encouraging open dialogue between researchers, clinicians,
charities, stroke survivors, carers and loved ones.

Read the Magazine: https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/projects/wsdforum/2021-
magazine/

Learn more about the Forum:
https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/projects/wsdforum/

11/03/2022

This video is the first in our ‘Understanding MRI’ series and shows you how functional MRI works by guiding you through a simple experiment in our lab. We sh...

12/01/2022

Happy New Year from the PLORAS Team! Have you seen our video about the importance of Discovery Research in ? It stimulated great discussion at , illustrated here by Bridget Meyne