How to Survive Your PhD - Australian National University

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PhD

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  • Type

    PhD

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Learn evidence-based strategies for emotional resilience and supervision that will help you finish your PhD or research degree.  With this course you earn while you learn, you gain recognized qualifications, job specific skills and knowledge and this helps you stand out in the job market.

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About this course

Familiarity with the basic concept of research study (such as Honours, Masters, or PhD processes).

Some insider knowledge of academic life and tertiary education is advantageous, but not essential.

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2017

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Subjects

  • Teacher Training
  • Education
  • PHD
  • Research

Course programme

You need to be smart to begin a PhD - but you need to be resilient to finish one. Between one-quarter and one-third of all research students never finish their degree. The PhD is an emotional journey as much as it is an intellectual one. What kinds of emotions does the research degree process provoke? What strategies can help students deal with the emotional highs and lows? How can academic advisors, family and friends help research students cope with these stresses - and celebrate the successes? This course is primarily designed for masters, PhD, and research students and the academics who are tasked with helping them, but you may also be a family member or friend of a PhD student who is seeking to better understand what your loved one is going through. By directly addressing the emotional issues, and by helping us see the connections between emotional resilience and success, this course aims to help us all create a more supportive academic environment, where students can do their best research work.

Additional information

Inger Mewburn Inger Mewburn is the director of research training at the Australian National University. She has specialised in the study of research education and research student support since 2005. She obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2009. Aside from editing and contributing to the Thesis Whisperer blog, she writes scholarly papers, books and book chapters about research students and their experiences. Inger is a regular guest speaker at other universities and in the mainstream media on research issues.

How to Survive Your PhD - Australian National University

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