There is a wealth of support and information available online for PGR students making their way through these challenging times. Our Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research & Innovation, Dr Lisa Mooney, has highlighted the following which may be of interest.
Pandemics & PhD Patter – a great blog from Professor Pat Thomson that moves us from deficit to positive action | https://patthomson.net/2020/03/16/pandemics-and-phds/
Five ways to tackle PhD research anxieties triggered by COVID-19 lockdowns. A short and practical article from Nature – In accepting that projects will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, students and supervisors can find a healthy way forward | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01898-1
The latest briefing note from the Office for Students looks at how universities, colleges and other organisations are supporting postgraduate research students during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic | https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/989e5582-cb4b-442e-944b-9cc6c1327d92/coronavirus-briefing-note-postgraduate-research-students.pdf
A series of PhD blogs that give personal testament to studying throughout and beyond the pandemic | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/traininganddevelopment/Postgraduate-researcher-Covid-19-blogs.aspx