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...
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...
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...
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...