Course 8: Realize your Doctorate in a Successful, Efficient and Resilient Way

Keywords: Successful doctorate, communication, project management, time management, self-management, writing techniques, resilience.

Introduction to the course topics:

Do you want to get your doctorate done successfully by using project, time and self-management?
In this training, Angela Firmhofer provides you with different tools that will make it easier for you to embark on your doctoral journey, rule it and come to a successful and satisfactory end.
A lot of times you find yourself in a situation between running your own dissertation project and other commitments. At the same time, you might have to compete with other scientists or adapt to them. Nonetheless you want to define and follow your own career path independently and autonomously. In these situations, it is not just about project, time and self-management skills, but also about keeping an eye on your work-life balance and resilience. Thereby you will know how to experience the whole doctoral time joyfully and to tackle the individual steps of this journey from start to finish.

Course aims:

• How to plan and execute individual phases of your doctorate effectively, efficiently and resiliently
• How to communicate mindfully and successfully with your social environment - both professionally and privately
• How to choose and use different project, time and self-management tools
• From idea to reality: How to use creativity and writing techniques to develop and write down your dissertation
• How to practice mindfulness and resilience in your everyday life

Teaching methods:

Lectures, worksheets, breakout sessions, peer learning, individual work, group work, plenary discussions.

Participation requirements: None.

Technical requirements: None

Literature: None.

Other information, notes: None.