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How To: Practical Time Management for New Doctoral Students

How To: Practical Time Management for New Doctoral Students

by Eleanor Pritchard | Oct 19, 2020 | Acrwi, Creativity, Work Planning

If you’re a new PhD student, chances are you’re concerned about how to manage your time. You may feel that, compared to your pre-PhD life, you now have acres of space in each day, but very little idea about how they should or could be filling it. If you...
Following productivity gurus could be keeping you from your best PhD work: compare what happens when you let your creativity breathe

Following productivity gurus could be keeping you from your best PhD work: compare what happens when you let your creativity breathe

by Eleanor Pritchard | Jun 5, 2020 | Creativity, Work Planning

One of the biggest mistakes research students make is believing that improving their ‘productivity’ is the route to academic success In practice, they often find that principles drawn from productivity approaches (originating in manufacturing and business) are at best...
PhD Help in a Pandemic (2/2): Filter Out Overwhelm

PhD Help in a Pandemic (2/2): Filter Out Overwhelm

by Eleanor Pritchard | May 23, 2020 | Work Planning

Why is is so hard to get on top of things? because no-one except you sees the holistic picture. Those in positions to  support and advise you (as supervisors, partners, colleagues, friends) only see part of your life. If often feels like they take the part they...
PhD help in a Pandemic (1/2): Be practical

PhD help in a Pandemic (1/2): Be practical

by Eleanor Pritchard | May 6, 2020 | Career Development, Work Planning

Writer’s Block? #ShouldBeWriting? Just not in that headspace? If you’re not in a place for sustained and focussed writing, you’re among friends. If you’re in any doubt about that, a good scroll through Twitter’s #AcademicTwitter or #PhDLife should set your mind...
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