Postgraduate researcher wellbeing programme
Our postgraduate researcher wellbeing programme includes in-person workshops and online webinars about managing your wellbeing as a postgraduate researcher.
Sign up for each of the events opens two weeks before the event, and will close one hour before the start of the event.
Upcoming webinars and workshops
Managing Anxiety and Uncertainty in the PGR Process – online
Monday 16 February 2026 – 12pm to 1pm – MS Teams
This session explores the topic of uncertainty in relation to the PGR experience and considers the ways in which uncertainty can impact on emotional wellbeing. The workshop will introduce a theoretical model to look at the potential impact of uncertainty and anxiety on motivation, productivity and emotional wellbeing and will explore a number of useful strategies to help work towards your research goals in a balanced and sustainable way.
Managing Anxiety and Uncertainty in the PGR Process
Tackling Procrastination in the Research Process – online
Monday 16 March 2026 – 12pm to 1pm – MS Teams
Do you struggle to get started with important research tasks? Is it difficult to allow yourself leisure time or is it spoiled by a nagging sense of guilt? This workshop will help you understand the nature and purpose of procrastination and identify strategies to challenge procrastination, leading to a more balanced and productive way of working.
Tackling Procrastination in the Research Process
Imposter Syndrome – in person
Monday 15 June 2026 – 12pm to 1pm – Group Room, 19 Clarendon Place, LS2 9JY
Imposter Syndrome is a ‘state of mind’, a belief that one day someone will discover that you are not as smart as they think. It’s a syndrome that has a powerful presence in academia. This workshop will look at why academic researchers can develop Imposter Syndrome and offer suggestions to overcome this syndrome which otherwise creates self-doubt, low self-esteem and lack of motivation.
Imposter Syndrome
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 MS Teams 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.