So, my name is Ellie Robinson Carter and I'm the Programme Director for the MSc Dementia at the University of Hull.

Yeah, so I think dementia increasingly so is is becoming something we have to look at and consider and there's just so much, I guess, so much new research coming through all the time and so many more people being diagnosed and the numbers are set to kind of just, you know, multiply as time goes on. So I think now yeah no is the better time really to sort of get a really good understanding of what dementia is and how we can really support the person to have the best life they can living with dementia.

The online the online aspect actually is a real strength because, I think especially for people working in the dementia field often, you know, the hours are very long. They might be juggling, you know, families at home, or maybe even caring for loved ones with dementia. So I think just really allows the flexibility international perspectives. We get so many incredible international perspectives because people can tune in all over the world.

It's amazing watching students how things evolve for them in their practice and research throughout the course and how they bring the practice and research together is really magical because I think often you know a person might come who's got a lot of experience in practice and they might feel that the research side is quite you know new to them and I think being able to sort of give that confidence and that voice in the research and it gives can really galvanize things into that into the future for that student, which is brilliant.