Broadcast: Events
Looking after yourself during your research degree
Tuesday 26 November 10:00 until 12:00
ÄûÃÊÊÓƵ Campus : Library Seminar Room
Speaker: Dr Sophie Valeix and Ms Helen Quin
Part of the series: RDP Training Schedule
Doing a research degree poses some unique challenges that can affect your mental health and wellbeing. In this workshop, we will explore these challenges and the factors that influence wellbeing and mental health during the research degree (like isolation or the relation with supervisors) in a supportive environment. We will talk about how to understand wellbeing and mental health issues within people’s own situations/experiences and therefore explore how various self-care strategies can be tailored to people’s specific needs, not with a ‘one-size fits all’ approach. We will discuss when to seek help and how to navigate support services at Sussex and beyond.
Target audience
Postgraduate researchers at any stage and from any discipline.
About the facilitators
Helen Quin, Student Advisor at BSMS and Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor at Brighton Therapy Collective, and Dr Sophie Valeix, a Sussex PhD alum with extensive experience researching PGR mental health, bringing her lived experience to these sessions.
About this theme
Induction workshops are for those who are starting out on their researcher journey, at a key turning point in their degree, or want to refresh their knowledge base. Visit our for more sessions.
By: Zydrune Jasiunaite
Last updated: Wednesday, 23 October 2024