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It’s normal to become discouraged when your academic work gets turned down by a target journal. A way to manage academic rejection is to think about the Kübler-Ross model for the five stages of grief, but for academic publishing.

As a clinical psychologist who obtained my degree while working a full-time day job and is now working part-time in career coaching while devoting rest of my time to paper-writing endeavours, I have seen both sides of the coin. And that coin is made of pressure, competition, rejections, unstable work environments, poorly paid temporary jobs, conflicting and competing work demands and a working culture that rewards working around the clock.

Researcher wellbeing and mental health awareness have been a hot topic in academia and among research policy officers. In Module 1 of this course on Researcher Mental Health, we focus on Researcher wellbeing. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Anxiety and depression are sometimes normal reactions to life situations like stress or when we experience loss. In module 2, we talk about how anxiety and depression affect academia and how we need to tackle it. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Scientists and academicians are sometimes vulnerable to the "imposter syndrome or imposter phenomenon". They start to have difficulties in internalizing their own success. Module 3 talks about what impostor syndrome/phenomenon/experience is and what it's not. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

In module 4 we talk about behaviours that maintain the impostor experience and the tools that can be used to tackle insecurities and deal with IP.

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Imposter Syndrome is the feeling that you are not good at your role, that you are an imposter and have only achieved your status and role via default when other colleagues are much more experienced and knowledgeable than you. However, rather than a syndrome, it is an experience or a phenomenon. A clinical psychologist elaborates in this article.

It is not unusual for PhD candidates to sometimes feel so overwhelmed and demotivated that they feel unable to continue with their research. If you find yourself in this state, take comfort in that fact that you are not alone. Also, take heart that there are ways of dealing with these blocks and stressors that can help you begin to feel better about your research again. This article provides some suggestions for reviving your PhD mojo.

The demands of a PhD can often feel overwhelming, and it is not uncommon to hear of doctoral students being stressed and overworked.

Researcher engagement with their academic community is an essential component in their wellbeing and mental health. This article discusses ways in which researchers can interact with their community.

There are many popular but untrue myths floating around the academic community about what the PhD experience actually entails. In this article, we’ll visit and redress four common misconceptions about doing a PhD.

As a PhD student, you are under a lot of pressure. You’ve got a lot to do, but you don’t always have the support you need. It’s no surprise that anxiety and depression are common among PhD students. While there’s no magic bullet, there are things you can do to help look after your mental health.

Presenteeism is the practice of working through periods of physical or mental illness. Presenteeism and peer pressure go hand in hand. This article discusses the issues of presenteeism and peer pressure in research and academia and shares suggestions for dealing with them.

In this webinar, held to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, a researcher and an academic trainer discuss the importance of researcher wellbeing and mental health for researcher success.

To many early-career researchers, their supervisor can appear difficult or unprofessional to deal with. This article discusses how you can deal with these situations.

Academia, being the demanding and stressful environment that it is, can take a particularly immense toll on a researcher’s mental health, which can sometimes be difficult to address. This could be due to a number of reasons, but it’s time for us to reappraise academia’s relationship with mental health and openly approach these very real problems.

Academia can be a relentless environment. As a researcher, you encounter major stressors, which can take their toll over time. It is therefore especially important for you to take care of yourself.

It is extremely important that you set realistic expectations and standards with your supervisor/advisor/principal investigator (PI). Here are some things to consider for cultivating a healthy and productive working relationship with your supervisor/PI.

There has been an exponential increase in the use of social media in recent years. However, while there is often a positive sense of community to be had, it can be equally toxic and destructive. This article outlines some practical steps you can take to ensure healthy, positive use of social media as a researcher/academic.

The research landscape is currently at its most competitive: funding is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, while post-doctoral positions are dwindling. This creates a pressure pot, where researchers feel forced to perform way past their capacity. A common result of this is burnt out, tired researchers – an image that is sometimes glorified in certain circles.