• Training Room

    Handling Imposter Syndrome
    Provider   PGR Enhancement and Development

    This interactive workshop helps postgraduate researchers understand the thought patterns and behaviours that can contribute to imposter feelings, self-doubt and reduced confidence.

Duration 1 full day

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Waiting List

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Target Audience: PGRs

Participants will explore why imposter feelings are common in research environments shaped by high expectations, uncertainty, comparison and critical feedback and the impact this can have on confidence, participation and research identity. We will examine how these feelings can appear through perfectionism, reluctance to speak up or contribute, discounting achievements, overpreparation or concern that others may have overestimated their capability. 

The course will introduce a methodology to help participants recognise these competing internal voices, step back from automatic reactions and make more deliberate choices. Participants will learn practical tools to interrupt unhelpful thinking cycles, respond more constructively to setbacks and develop a healthier relationship with achievement, performance and self-worth. 

by the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: 

  • Understand imposter syndrome and recognise how it can appear in academic life 
  • Understand how academic culture, comparison and feedback can influence self-perception 
  • Identify situations, triggers and patterns of imposter thinking and behaviour 
  • Step back from automatic responses and make more purposeful choices 
  • Recognise their strengths, achievements and contribution as a researcher 


Delivered By: Skillfluence

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

Additional Information

In-person courses are typically held in the Doctoral School Training Room - TC721, level 7 of the TIC Building.

Online courses are held on Zoom - details of the Zoom meeting will be sent the morning of the course.

Please note, there is a no-show policy, and facilitators will deny entry to those arriving 15 minutes or more after the course starts: https://strath.sharepoint.com/sites/PGRDevelopment/SitePages/No-Show-Policy.aspx

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