Doctoral researchers need to juggle a whole host of complex tasks directly related to their PhD, from reviewing literature to data analysis, and writing. All this while perhaps teaching, building relationships, and maintaining collaborations, and having a life.

This workshop helps doctoral researchers to be strategic with time allocation and, from that, the confidence that they can set and meet deadlines. It looks at the challenges faced by doctoral researchers, including competing demands within the PhD itself, side projects, and other personal factors such as family commitments, working style, and neurodiversity, to ensure any strategy promotes rather than detracts from wellbeing.

This short workshop introduces a practical toolkit of resources to draw on, through instruction and experiential practice. 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
▪ Identify where their greatest personal challenges lie in managing time.
▪ Set goals that are motivational and achievable and be able to flexibly prioritise these as they progress through their PhD.
▪ Time block in a way that works for them personally, using supporting strategies that help to maintain their strategic time planning.
▪ Address procrastination with a range of different tactics to maintain momentum and minimise self-induced frustration.
▪ Recognise the impact of neurodiversity time management and the maintenance of time management methods.
▪ Recognise the importance of self-care in maintaining wellbeing to ensure the sustainability of the time management techniques they are using.