Maintaining your wellbeing during your PhD

CHASE Essentials provides some of the core skills you will need throughout your PhD and beyond. Some of the workshops will be specific to the stage of your study, please ensure that you choose these appropriately.Open to all Arts and Humanities at CHASE institutions.

CHASE Essentials

November 3rd, 10th and 17th | 1400 - 1600 each day | Online

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This training will take place over 3 weeks. By purchasing a ticket, attendees are signing up for all 3 webinars.There is no doubt that a PhD is a major undertaking requiring dedication, focus, significant self- motivation and personal investment of time and energy. Whilst often a very rewarding experience, doctoral students also report that, at times, the demands of doctoral study can also invoke difficult feelings of stress, anxiety and isolation(1), which, in some instances, may lead to higher risks of developing further mental health conditions. Across the Higher Education sector there is increasing acknowledgement of the pressures that accompany doctoral research and the potential impact on PGR student mental health and wellbeing, with many institutions implementing specific PGR wellbeing related initiatives and services.

In this series of 3x 2 hour interactive online workshops we will explore ways to proactively support your balance and wellbeing during your PhD. By the end of the three sessions you will have considered a range of practices, approaches and services that can help you in maintaining your health and wellbeing during your doctoral studies. Additionally, you will have an increased awareness of the practical steps you can take to facilitate a positive, healthy and rewarding PhD experience.

Learning Outcomes:

During this online workshop series (3x 2 hour sessions), with the support of an experienced facilitator and doctoral student peers you will:<ul><li>identify the key ‘crunch points’ in your PhD process and consider how to prepare effectively in order to respond with resilience at these key moments.</li><li>consider strategies for managing time and workloads to enable you to drive forward your doctoral studies, whilst maintaining and/or implementing practices that are important for your personal wellbeing.</li><li>explore techniques to combat ‘imposter’ feelings</li><li>discuss the roles of self-awareness, supervisory and peer relationship(s) for your wellbeing during your PhD</li><li>consider how to identify wellbeing ‘warning signs’ in yourself and others and what to do if you spot them</li><li>identify the range of services and resources available to support student mental health and wellbeing.</li><li>identify key steps and actions that will support your personal development, balance and wellbeing.
</li></ul>Facilitator:

Natalie James is an independent professional development coach and trainer specialising in coaching and professional development for researchers and academics (www.researchcoach.com). Natalie supports a large cohort of researchers from PhD to Professor in all aspects of their roles. The theme of balance and wellbeing is central to her coaching practice and is a topic she frequently supports her clients with across all disciplines, career stages and backgrounds. She also completed a PhD and has first hand experience of the highs and lows of doctoral study.

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(1) Exploring wellbeing and mental health and associated support services for postgraduate researchers, Vitae, 2018 https://re.ukri.org/documents/2018/mental-health-report/

By registering below you are requesting a place on this training programme or selected sessions that form part of the programme. A member of the CHASE team or the workshop leader will contact you in due course to confirm that a place has been allocated to you. If you are allocated a place but can no longer attend, please cancel your Eventbrite registration or email training@chase.ac.uk so that your place can be reallocated. CHASE training is free to attend and events are often oversubscribed with a waiting list. Failure to notify us of non-attendance in good time means your place cannot be reallocated and repeated failure may mean that your access to future training is limited.
The training is open to:
•	CHASE funded and associate students,
•	Arts and Humanities PhD students at CHASE member institutions,
•	and students and members of staff at CHASE partner institutions
•	Arts and Hum PhD students (via the AHRC mailing list)

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