PGR Well-being in Research and Learning – Stress Reduction Techniques

This course for PhD students is designed to help with developing techniques for self-care around the research process and within the research process while self-isolating or under lockdown.

It focuses on developing resilience in research and includes the following:

Mindfulness approaches to time-management
Stress reducing approaches to the research process such as note-taking at early stage research and in other contexts
Reducing anxiety that causes academic writer’s block
Using the body as a way to reduce stress and facilitate enhanced creative thinking in research
Gamification techniques to reduce stress in research using hand/eye coordination
Approaches to enhancing sleep which is important for concentration and emotional balance
Group sharing about stress
Emotional self-care in the context of managing research responsibilities
Mindfulness approaches to planning
Mindfulness approaches to academic writing
Research engagement-peer support in research practice-sharing

Workshop Leader

Dr Catriona Ryan

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course students will have an enhanced confidence in:

Reducing anxiety around the research process
Time management
Planning
Building resilience
Self-care around and within the research process

This event will be accessed via a Zoom link. Students who book onto this course will be sent a link before the event via email.

PLEASE NOTE: This training session will not be recorded. Dr Ryan’s sessions do book up very quickly and we apologise in advance to anyone unable to book on.