Postgraduate researcher wellbeing programme
Our postgraduate researcher wellbeing programme includes in-person workshops and online webinars about managing your wellbeing as a postgraduate researcher.
Upcoming webinars and workshops
Registration for webinars and workshops usually opens two weeks in advance of each session – the links to book your place will be added to this page when registration opens.
The Self-Compassionate Researcher – online webinar
Monday 3 March 2025, 12pm to 1pm
This session will appeal if you are constantly giving yourself a hard time and comparing yourself and your progress to others. Sound familiar?
The session considers the benefits of practicing self-compassion to build emotional resilience during the highs and lows, the setback and the challenges of the PhD journey.
We will explore the motivational power of self-compassion and how a compassionate approach to ourselves can help us manage more effectively as researchers.
Find Your Voice: Effective Communication for Postgraduate Researchers – in-person workshop
Monday 12 May 2025, 12pm to 1.30pm
We will add the booking link when registration opens.
Professional academic relationships can be difficult to navigate as a postgraduate researcher. This session introduces you to several assertiveness techniques designed to help you to improve your communications and your relationships with others.
There will be an opportunity to share thoughts and ideas about how these strategies could support effective communication in a variety of postgraduate researcher-specific scenarios.
Imposter Syndrome – online webinar
Monday 9 June 2025, 12pm to 1pm
We will add the booking link when registration opens.
Imposter syndrome is a psychological pattern in academia that causes researchers to doubt their successes, perceive themselves as under achievers, and experience unsettling fears of being exposed as a fraud.
Imposter feelings are particularly common in university settings and when taking on new professional roles.
This workshop explores what is known about the imposter mindset and considers some useful strategies to help to challenge imposter feelings and build confidence.
Format of the webinars and workshops
In-person workshops
The in-person workshops take place in our group room at 19 Clarendon Place, Leeds, LS2 9JY.
There are 12 places available for each workshop and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Webinars
The webinars take place on Zoom and the sessions have been designed for you to share your ideas anonymously in the chat, if you wish.
The webinars are not recorded and participants do not connect with their own video or audio during the sessions.