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Podcast: PhD Unplugged

This podcast covers common issues that PhD students encounter during their doctoral years. The topics are self-compassion, work-life balance, supervisory problems and career uncertainty of PhDs.

Juggling all the different tasks in your PhD can be tough. How to start when work is piling up? How to perform well when there is so much pressure? How to relax when work is always on your mind? How to make plans when the future is uncertain?

In 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝, Luisa and Lara Solms bring together PhD students and professional coaches. Every podcast episode addresses common struggles and how to overcome them.

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PRIDE Webinar – Research Careers, well-being and mental health

On 2 December 2020 the PRIDE webinar explored the topic “Careers in academia: well-being and mental health of young researchers”. Interviewed by Lisette Schmidt, Gábor Kismihókis, expert in Researcher Career Management and chair of the recently started COST Action on Researcher Mental Health, and Desiree Dickerson, psychologist and experienced trainer, talk about difficult circumstances in academic life that challenge the well-being of young researchers.

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PRIDE Webinar – Transferable Skills Trainings

On 15 November 2018 the second webinar of the PRIDE association explored the implementation and assessment of transferable skills trainings. We invited two experts to share their experiences with us: Verity Elston leads the career counselling service for PhDs and postdocs at the University of Lausanne Graduate Campus. Christian Dumpitak is Managing Director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate and Research Academy Düsseldorf.

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PRIDE Webinar – Doctoral Supervision

For the first PRIDE Webinar on 24 November 2017, we invited the author of the “Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors” Stan Taylor and Melita Kovačević, Vice-President of the PRIDE Association to discuss the importance of supervision.

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