Doing a PhD is meant to be challenging, and most doctoral students feel overwhelmed by the task at times. But many find that their work - and their lives - are compromised by feelings of loneliness, inadequacy or anxiety. The consequences can be abandoned PhDs, disrupted careers and damaged mental health. Please join us … Continue reading PhD Survival Video Screening and Discussion
There are many misconceptions about psychiatric disease, what causes it, who is at risk, and how it manifests. Increasingly we are understanding how immense a problem this is within academia. Objective mental health knowledge of the audience is assessed before and after the seminar and additional open ended questions are used to facilitate discussion and provide community … Continue reading Introduction to Mental Health Literacy – Dragonfly Mental Health
What is the session about? The PGR Peer Mentoring Scheme has now opened for applications for 22-23 academic year. This session will give students more information about the scheme, explain the expectations of the role of Mentee and Mentor and provide an opportunity for students to ask any questions they may have about participating. Who … Continue reading PGR Peer Mentoring Scheme Briefing Session Oct 2022
Many potential mentors and mentees believe that mentoring is solely about the mentor providing advice about the mentee’s professional development. High quality relational mentoring has the potential to be bidirectional (enhancing the development of both the mentor and mentee) and transformational (impacting how the mentor and mentee think about not just their current job, but … Continue reading Mentoring as a Two-Way Street – Dragonfly Mental Health
This session considers the emotional labour performed by doctoral researchers. This is because these researchers are a population who commonly intersect four key areas: (1) being new to research, (2) engaging in empirical research, (3) researching sensitive or emotive topics and (4) engaging with vulnerable people and groups. Cumulatively this results in doctoral researchers experiencing … Continue reading Emotional Labour in Research
An insightful and reflective programme designed to support researchers to consider the specific challenges they currently face and provide a highly interactive and supportive peer to peer learning environment. Aimed at progressing research during challenging times this workshop is for researchers whose research may be impacted by difficult situations or circumstances, often out of their … Continue reading Skillfluence – Progressing Your Research in Challenging Times
Imposter phenomenon, or the feeling that you don’t truly belong, is very common among academics. The presence of imposter phenomenon is not at all linked to one’s academic achievement record or the amount of effort put into science. A positive assessment of one’s achievements is only a temporary fix to relieve the anxiety imposter phenomenon … Continue reading Imposter Phenomenon – Dragonfly Mental Health
It can be challenging to maintain your mental health. “Mental Health in Isolation” is a talk and facilitated discussion that explains how our body and mind function during challenging times and pinpoints the main areas of everyday life which are affected and provides suggestions, tips and tricks to gain the feeling of stability and sanity. … Continue reading Mental Health in Isolation – Dragonfly Mental Health
The most common mental illness is depression, yet there are many misconceptions about this illness: what causes it, who is at risk, and how it manifests. Those with high IQ and higher educational attainment are at particularly high risk of developing depression but also less likely to seek treatment largely due to stigma. “A Scientist’s … Continue reading A Scientist’s Primer on Depression – Dragonfly Mental Health
Imposter phenomenon, or the feeling that you don’t truly belong, is very common among academics. The presence of imposter phenomenon is not at all linked to one’s academic achievement record or the amount of effort put into research. A positive assessment of one’s achievements is only a temporary fix to relieve the anxiety imposter phenomenon … Continue reading Imposter Phenomenon in Research