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Target Audience: Research staff and anyone else involved in research

This course is a 'one off' and will not run again.

Live webinar – one-off live session hosted by Fistral via Zoom, virtual, no recording permitted

Course Description;

No-one likes being rejected. Unfortunately, rejection is a part of life as an academic researcher, whether journal articles rejected by reviewers, conference paper submissions rejected by editorial boards or funding bids knocked back by research councils. Additionally, even successful work brings with it exposure to rigorous and sometimes bruising criticism from peers, as part of academic discourse. Anyone hoping to build a research career has to find ways to handle this constructively to avoid getting ground down or discouraged. Just toughing it out isn’t a long-term strategy, as it can leave us vulnerable to stress and burnout.

Instead, this course will introduce participants to practical ways to harness the power of their own minds to cope better with rejection and respond constructively. Using these techniques over time will build the resilience to take setbacks in their stride, and embrace academic rejection as part of the path to professional excellence.

Course Outcomes/Objectives;

By the end of this 3-hour online session participants will have:

• Learned and applied ‘self-talk’ techniques, to reduce the negative impact of (potential) academic rejection
• Learned and applied the Mindset framework as a structure around which to reconfigure responses to setbacks and shift to constructive responses to rejection in the short and long-term
• Understood the importance of ‘action’ and ‘control’ as practical strategies to bounce back from rejection

Instructor Biography

Dr Rosie Doyle has worked with organisations since 1993 devising and delivering training, research, consultancy and 1:1 coaching. She has been training for over 20-years, 15 of which within the HEI and HE sector. She specialises in Team Working, Communication, DiSC® Behavioural Profiling, Personal/Team Leadership, Personal/Team Development, Positive Psychology, Change, Resilience, and Managing/Motivating staff for groups and individuals.
Rosemary’s training interventions are based on sound theoretical foundations and are delivered using highly participative active-learning methods to ensure maximum retention and engagement allowing the rigour of academic research to balance with the pragmatism demanded by managers. Holding a DiSC® professional user certification from Wiley since 2007, this underpins her experience and use of DiSC® Behavioural Profiling for group / individual training and coaching; and she is also accredited by the International Coach Federation having completed a diploma in Transformational Coaching™ in 2016.
Rosie has been lead Associate for Fistral's Leadership, Communication and Personal Effectiveness Suites since 2013, and expanded her training delivery methods to include interactive webinars for ARMA on communication and influencing skills since 2015; `and in response to Covid-19 she developed and delivers highly-successful webinars across Fistral’s Communication & Collaboration, Leading & Influencing, and Personal Effectiveness Suites. She also delivers a wide range of bespoke team development days in influencing, managing change, leadership and teambuilding for HEIs and organisations such as the CALA Group and Women in Computing.
Rosie developed and delivers a suite of courses aimed at Space Operations staff, e.g. those controlling spacecrafts on missions such as the International Space Station and Galileo), staff preparing for launch, and those acting as technical officers within the European Space Agency (ESA). Example topics: Management and Leadership Techniques, Advanced Team Leadership Techniques; Professional Communication Skills; Influencing and Leading Teams in Challenging Circumstances and Practical Time Management Strategies.
This is in addition to her work co-designing, developing and delivering the highly successful Research Leadership programme for ECRS and MCAs, and Associate Professors in the University of Bournemouth, and design of a similar programme for the University of Winchester. She has also been requested to explore the development and design of courses in Conflict Management and in Assertiveness for the European Space Agency (ESA).
Rosie and her colleague Fraser were commissioned by Open University Press/McGraw-Hill to write ‘The PhD Handbook: How to Take Care of Yourself, Your Research Project and Your Future’ published October 2023 and available globally. Linked to the success of this publication, Rosie has received increased international requests for guest speaker engagements at international researcher events.

Accessibility;

We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff:

For online activity:

• The session will take place on Zoom, hosted by Fistral Training
• The webinar presentation will be interspersed with activities/polls/videos/discussion as appropriate
• There are no pre-course activities or pre-requisites
• All interaction is voluntary and can be anonymous; Fistral do encourage attendees to get the most from the session by sharing experiences and asking questions relevant to their current situation
• Worksheets will be provided to apply the learning to current work, these activities are for personal use and are not shared
• Slido or other tools may be used and contributions or questions can be anonymous
• Auto-captions can be enabled by any attendee
• There will be audience participation in groups or within the main forum/chatroom - however this is voluntary
• You can keep your camera off, although camera on is encouraged
• You are asked to attend the whole session
• There will be a comfort/screen break
• The session is relaxed – this means you can stretch, move around, stim etc.
• Digital copies of resources will be emailed to participants upon request.
• Presentation interspersed with videos, discussion (in groups or within the main forum/chatroom), and worksheets to share experiences and apply the learning to current research work. Slido may be used, and contributions can be anonymous.
• Please contact osdu-equity@strath.ac.uk to discuss any further access requirements

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* charge to your Department / School if you do not attend your place on the course. There will be no charge as long as you cancel your booked place before the event or notify our staff at osdu@strath.ac.uk that you can no longer attend.

A Department / School is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary prerequisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you are expected to attend ALL parts of the course.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of a course of 1-day duration or less. For some courses, there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.