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Target Audience: PGRs
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.
By the end of this 2hr webinar 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
Delivered By: Fistral Training and Consultancy Ltd.
Prerequisites
Cancellation Policy If you are unable to attend a course please cancel your place as soon as possible, with at least 3 working days notice via the online booking system http://bookings.strath.ac.uk/mybookings.asp. Full details of booking conditions can be found at the link below.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.