• Training Room

    Finding humour in Academia
    Provider   Researcher Development Programme

    Participants will hear from Jorge Cham, creator of PHD comics.

Duration 2 hours

Course Type Classroom

Booking Status Archived

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Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students & Staff

Jorge Cham shares his experiences bringing humor into the lives of millions of stressed out academics and tells stories from his travels to over 300 universities and research centers in the US and across the world. Thought-provoking yet humorous, Jorge Cham's talks examine the source of academics' anxieties, explore the myth of procrastination, and help academics figure out how to convey what they've learned to the outside world.



Delivered By: Jorge Cham - PhD Comics

Prerequisites

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PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development

All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).

You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).

Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.