This series aims to help researchers do their research and wellbeing just a little bit better. Participants will gain most benefit from these sessions if they are able to attend all four events, but you will need to register for each event separately.

Presented by Dr Matt Lane, The Researcher Development Partnership Cambridge

Week 3: Increasing Your Productivity is taking place on Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 14:00 - 16.00 hours (UK Time). Please complete a short registration form HERE to register for this week's session!

Building on the foundations of the previous sessions, this module focuses on two key principles to help you boost your productivity. In the process, it covers a range of practical ‘tricks and tips’ to help you have a better day and get their research done.

Introduction to the series

While a joyful curiosity might be the fuel of research, doing it day-to-day can be really tough.

This four-week programme aims to help researchers move just a little bit from a sense of merely ‘surviving’ within the research process to ‘thriving’, being just a little bit more productive and happy.

Eschewing the hyperbole of the self-help industry, this programme provides participants with practical tools and strategies grounded in the literature.

Although every module is predominantly self-contained, each one builds a foundation for the next; so it is advantageous to participate in all four of the 2 hour weekly sessions hosted on Zoom, with each distilling the ‘essentials’ of the topic.

Also, the next 'From Surving to Thriving session', Week 4: Nurturing Your Happiness takes place on Tuesday, 02 March 2021, 14:00 - 16.00 hours (UK Time)

Subject to availability, you will need to sign up for each individual session.

Participant feedbacks - Unsolicited Participant Emails

...The course was well-structured, with a different topic covered each week and had a good balance of ‘taught’ and participatory elements. Participants were able to relate their own experiences within a supportive group of fellow researchers, building a sense of community and solidarity over the 5 week period.

...Your course has been so helpful and given me lots of prompts and ideas of how to cope with the final stages of the PhD. I am left feeling a lot more upbeat about the whole thing, where it has previously only invoked a sense of dread. I would recommend this course as essential to every PhD student!

...I really enjoyed all your courses. I found them interesting and they made me look at things in a different way. I also found them helpful as they gave practical advice. It is a pity they have come to an end.

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About Dr Matt Lane , Programme Leader

An AHRC-sponsored PhD, from 2010-18, Matt Lane was a Researcher Developer at the University of Cambridge, where in 2017, he was formally recognised for his ‘outstanding contribution’ to the development of early career researchers. Now a Director of The Researcher Development Partnership, Cambridge, and based on his own experiences of doing a PhD, he helps alleviate the stress of research and so specialises in researcher Wellbeing, Writing and Leadership development.

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