Personal Effectiveness

Focuses on personal and skills development.

This workshop looks at time management and approaches to organisation and will help to identify strategies to manage a busy and complex workload.


This workshop explores evidence-based key habits that will make a difference to how quickly and easily you complete your PhD. Topics include dealing with your supervisor, time management, writer’s block, getting the help you need and motivating yourself. 


A PhD is both exciting and challenging, filled with highs and lows like isolation and setbacks. This workshop offers evidence-based strategies to maintain wellbeing, covering topics like workload management, resilience, and procrastination. 


(For First and Second year PhD Students) This workshop explores practical ways to increase your effectiveness as a researcher, covering project planning, working practices, working with others, receiving feedback and planning for the future. 


This workshop explains why high performing people often doubt their abilities and find it hard to enjoy their successes. It shows the links to perfectionism and self-handicapping strategies such as procrastination, avoidance and over commitment.


This workshop provides you with the tools to help you read academic literature more quickly, strategically and critically. 


This workshop explores stress-coping mechanisms, confidence building, personal resilience, and the importance of a healthy work-life balance. 


This workshop focuses on responding quickly to opportunities as they arise, such as last-minute conference invitations, grant announcements and journal calls.


This workshop will explore a range of methods for problem solving and discuss how to apply creative techniques to real problems researchers experience. 


This interactive workshop provides strategies, tools, and techniques for effective personal time management and dealing with procrastination, helping you prioritise and focus efficiently. 


This session offers a supportive, coaching approach to help part-time doctoral candidates, looking at strategies for managing time, colleagues, and expectations. 


This workshop will look at techniques for building self confidence in dealing with difficult situations in a clear and assertive manner. 


Remote research, whether for a distance PhD or fieldwork, requires rethinking how to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. This session will explore routines and strategies to help you thrive as a remote researcher. 


This workshop focuses on understanding team dynamics, leadership, and conflict resolution in collaborative research. You'll learn to identify your strengths, components of successful teams, and strategies for effective management. 


This workshop introduces different time management and goal setting models to improve your working life. 


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