Time and Self-Management (November 9, 2018)

Working toward a doctoral degree can be challenging, as doctoral students are required to meet several demands from personal and professional areas of life: they have to plan and master deadlines, solve problems, participate at meetings, communicate with colleagues and supervisors and find a balance between work and private life. A number of PhD students even want to drop out – but if the reason for not finishing the PhD is the feeling of being overwhelmed by work it is possible to counteract: with the use of efficient methods and strategies they will be able to finish their thesis.

Contents

The workshop covers the following topics:

• Analyze personal time- and self-management habits and their influence on
  progress
• Analyze the current situation of the research project(s): how did I
  successfully make it that far?
• Basic methods for realistic planning – as basis for success
  Methods for dealing with different requirements that demand different
  procedures: methods for writing/publishing, for research planning and process management, methods for effective communication and for other tasks, the doctoral students individually have to master
• Milestone plan for the time that is left to finish the PhD – and detailed planning of the next 6 months
• Setting priorities and other standard time management methods
• If “research samples do not behave like they should” – dealing with unruly
  research questions
• Problems with the supervisor: making the relationship work
• Self-motivation by goal setting: what comes next – and how can I use that for motivation or volition?
• Structuring the writing process
• If it really is “writer’s block”: what are the reasons and how to deal with it
• Where and how to get help if everything fails

Didactic aim

• Participants are able to develop and install the time- and self-management methods they need to finish their PhD.
• They acquire a set of methods and strategies for solving current and future time- management challenges.

Teaching and learning methods

• Input by the speaker
• Seminar script for further learning
• Individual and group work, using the individual PhD project
• Practical exercises, using the individual PhD project
• Individual and group feedback

Target audience

Doctoral students and postdocs

Terms and Applications

Date: November 9, 2018
Time: 9:00-17:00
Group size: maximal 12
Workshop language: English

Venue:

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, SR: 5.09
06120 Halle (Saale)

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Lecturer

Dr. Eva Reichmann

Registration

is closed.

Please contact sfb-trr-102-office@physik.uni-halle.de in case of questions.