This SICSS Workshop on "Making it happen - Time and self management for your doctorate" was developed to ensure you have a good start into your doctorate and receive all important skills and information needed to successfully pursue your doctoral project.
Content:
Designing, researching and writing a doctoral thesis calls for specific time- and self-management skills that differ in several respects fromt those required in your M.Sc. studies or previous work life.
Building on your experience, needs, and questions, exchange within the group and input by the trainer, you will explore what you need in this phase of professional life. We cover the long-term doctoral project as well as daily and weekly task management, also talking about reflection and adaption of plans. We will discuss questions regarding the supervision relationship, allowing you to reflect your relationship and develop specific goals.
About a week before the workshop, you will be asked to fill a pre-workshop survey. Based on your answers, the workshop will be tailormade to your specific needs.
What you take home:
- Doctorate as a career phase - The workshop opens a space for you to reflect the doctorate as a career phase. You will set yourself goals for this phase and reflect your work habits.
- How to plan a large project like a doctorate, including time to apply the methods to your own doctoral project plan.
- Time-Management (days, weeks) - you will receive planning and time management tips that you can immediately put into practice, both larg-scale and small-scale. During the workshop, you will re-plan your entire doctoral project and get the chance to reflect your priorities and plan the folloing weeks.
- Others & your doctorate - We will explore the advisor-advisee relationship and discuss ways to get the most out of it. You will learn peer coaching methods and will have the opportunity to form peer groups that continue meeting after the workshop.
Course usability: Elective for SICSS doctoral researchers across all disciplines, in particular wtihn the 1st year of the doctorate.
Spots are limited to 12 participants.
After a complete course attendance you earn 1 CPs.