Do you feel like you never have enough time to get to your research, particularly the writing part? Other things seem to get in the way?
This is a digital course that will take place on Zoom.
English
PhD candidates at the University of Stavanger
Contact the Research department, if you have any questions.
Course instructor
Hugh Kearns is a public speaker, educator and researcher. His areas of expertise include self-management, positive psychology, work-life balance, learning and creativity.
He draws on over twenty five years of experience as a leading training and development professional within the corporate, financial, education and health sectors in Ireland, Scotland, North America, New Zealand and Australia. He has coached individuals, teams and executives in a wide range of organisations in the public and private sectors, and has held several courses at UiS in recent years.
This workshop shows you how to guarantee you spend high quality time on your research outputs. It covers prioritising, goal setting and managing competing demands in a university context. If you want to increase your research output without compromising your work/life balance, then this workshop is for you. Key aspects of this workshop have featured in the journal Nature.
This workshop will show you how to:
- take control of your time
- prioritise
- stop procrastinating and stay motivated
- avoid distractions
- say NO (and understand why it is so hard to do so)
- balance competing demands
- manage email and paperwork
- work the slightly less hard way
- think more realistically about your research productivity
Who is it for?
Researchers wishing to manage their time better so they can increase their research productivity and improve their work/life balance.
Length
2 hours