{"id":1826,"date":"2018-10-12T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/irtgpolymers\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2023-11-10T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:00:10","slug":"time-and-self-management-november-9-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/irtgpolymers\/2018\/10\/time-and-self-management-november-9-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Time and Self-Management (November 9, 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211; 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.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<p>The workshop covers the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze personal time- and self-management habits and their influence on<br \/>\nprogress<\/li>\n<li>Analyze the current situation of the research project(s): how did I<br \/>\nsuccessfully make it that far?<\/li>\n<li>Basic methods for realistic planning &#8211; as basis for success<br \/>\nMethods for dealing with different requirements that demand different<br \/>\nprocedures: 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<\/li>\n<li>Milestone plan for the time that is left to finish the PhD &#8211; and detailed planning of the next 6 months<\/li>\n<li>Setting priorities and other standard time management methods<\/li>\n<li>If &#8220;research samples do not behave like they should&#8221; &#8211; dealing with unruly<br \/>\nresearch questions<\/li>\n<li>Problems with the supervisor: making the relationship work<\/li>\n<li>Self-motivation by goal setting: what comes next &#8211; and how can I use that for&nbsp;motivation or volition?<\/li>\n<li>Structuring the writing process<\/li>\n<li>If it really is &#8220;writer&#8217;s block&#8221;: what are the reasons and how to deal with it<\/li>\n<li>Where and how to get help if everything fails<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Didactic aim<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Participants are able to develop and install the time- and self-management methods they need to finish their PhD.<\/li>\n<li>They acquire a set of methods and strategies for solving current and future time- management challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teaching and learning methods<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Input by the speaker<\/li>\n<li>Seminar script for further learning<\/li>\n<li>Individual and group work, using the individual PhD project<\/li>\n<li>Practical exercises, using the individual PhD project<\/li>\n<li>Individual and group feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\ufffc\ufffcTarget audience<\/h3>\n<p>Doctoral students and postdocs<\/p>\n<h3>Terms and Applications<\/h3>\n<p>Date: November 9, 2018<br \/>\nTime: 9:00-17:00<br \/>\nGroup size: maximal 12<br \/>\nWorkshop language: English<\/p>\n<h6>Venue:<\/h6>\n<p>Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg<br \/>\nVon-Seckendorff-Platz 1, SR: 5.09<br \/>\n06120 Halle (Saale)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Ux2gdzbBVDy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link to Google-Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Lecturer<\/h6>\n<p>Dr. Eva Reichmann<\/p>\n<h6>Registration<\/h6>\n<p>is closed.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;:s&#102;&#98;&#x2d;&#x74;&#x72;r&#45;&#49;&#48;&#x32;&#x2d;&#x6f;f&#102;&#105;&#x63;&#x65;&#x40;ph&#121;&#115;&#x69;&#x6b;&#x2e;u&#110;&#105;&#45;&#x68;&#x61;&#x6c;l&#101;&#46;&#x64;&#x65;\">s&#102;&#x62;&#x2d;t&#114;&#114;&#x2d;&#x31;0&#50;&#45;&#x6f;&#x66;f&#105;&#x63;&#x65;&#x40;p&#104;&#x79;&#x73;i&#107;&#46;&#x75;&#x6e;i&#45;&#104;&#x61;&#x6c;l&#101;&#x2e;&#x64;&#x65;<\/a> in case of questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working toward a doctoral degree can be challenging, as doctoral students are required to meet several demands from &hellip; 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