Resilient researcher: Resilience when remote [Webinar]
23 April 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm
How do you cope with being far away from your advisors and your supportive community of HDR students? How do you ensure that your project remains on track? How do you ensure that you maintain a communication channel with your advisors?
The webinar comprises
- An online chat to identify specific issues impacting on resilience and coping when remote from the university
- Identify strategies to manage stress and build positive psychological functioning
- Tips for building a support network to overcome isolation.
Present by Dr Shari Walsh, Resilient Researcher series.
About Candidature management
Undertaking a research degree is a huge commitment and requires many skills. Gaining an understanding of these techniques and strategies early, will assist you to complete and submit your thesis efficiently.
Useful links
- Advice by Student Services: Working with your advisor
- Short excerpt on PhD Survival
- The PhD Survival video : Doing a PhD is meant to be challenging, and most doctoral students feel overwhelmed by the task at times. But many find that their work - and their lives - are compromised by feelings of loneliness, inadequacy or anxiety. The consequences can be abandoned PhDs, disrupted careers and damaged mental health.
- The Thesis Whisperer: PhD support blog by A/Prof Inger Mewburn, Director of Researcher Development, ANU
- Patter: PhD and writing support blog by Prof Pat Thomson, School of Education, University of Nottingham
- Postgrad Forum: An extensive forum of PhDs from all over the world discussing life, work, research, career, and anything PhD
- The PhD Forum: A Twitter-based social support group, online writing lounge, collaboration directory
- Wellbeing group programs available now
Other upcoming sessions
The seven secrets of highly successful research students [online]
13 May 2024–22 Jul 2024
Effective time management [webinar]
15 May 2024