Aymen Idris

UK universities name-drop Stormzy while ensuring no one who sounds like him actually breaks through British a…

A junior scientist's reflection on cultural incompetence.

A response to my critics on why challenging positive ethnic discrimination is an act of solidarity, not sabot…

A PhD Student’s Moral Dilemma

When challenging orthodoxies gets you branded 'mad', something is deeply wrong with our intellectual culture.

Junior researchers, especially those from non-native English backgrounds, must bridge the video gap in scienc…

By Aymen Idris, Ph.D. (and yes, that's all you need)

An opinion piece that argues against ethnic labelling in UK Higher Education.

An opinion piece that argues that tokenism in academia, as in politics, undermines true progress.

Senior faculty are trying to prove their worth by making the lives of others so unpleasant that they agree to…

Divisive discrimination in favour of an Americanised, catch-all category that favours some cultures over othe…

The emphasis on bringing in money above all else is killing researchers’ passion for discovery, says Aymen Id…

Covid-19 enforced remote working and suspension of in-person scientific gatherings impacted scientists in man…

The Covid-enforced pause to in-person visits has been a relief to BAME academics, says Aymen Idris

I am not easily shocked, but I'll admit I was shocked and surprised to hear that a number of academics had re…

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, video has become an important medium for sharing information between sc…

Colleagues' doubts about whether he deserved a prize make Aymen Idris wish people did not see his achievement…

Bone fracture and pain are serious complications in patients with advanced breast and prostate cancers that h…

There has been considerable progress in the treatment of breast cancer. Advances in diagnosis, surgery, radio…

In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in clinical efforts to develop bone anabolic agents …

Chronic inflammation increases the risk of cancer, and anti-inflammatory drugs can have significant benefits …

ISTOCK, CREATIVE-FAMILY Chronic pain caused by cancer treatments or tumor cells growing in bone can be severe…

Metastasis of cancer cells to bone is common in patients suffering from advanced stages of cancers that origi…

The skeleton is a common site for metastatic cancer cells originated in distant organs. Skeletal-related even…