Mental health and wellbeing of candidates
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Activity Handbook: Building Healthy Work-Based Practices
This activity workbook, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Vitae, aims to support postgraduate researchers in developing healthy work-based practices.
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Developing a Growth Mindset
This interactive workshop, hosted by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and The Diversity Trust, explores how adopting a growth mindset can support a PGR’s personal development, career goals, and research journey.
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Understanding and Managing Imposter Syndrome
This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and The Diversity Trust, exploring what imposter syndrome is and how to overcome it.
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Building Resilience
This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and The Diversity Trust, focuses on what resilience means, why it matters, and practical ways to strengthen it.
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Why resilience isn’t a sticking plaster
This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diverse Minds, aims to explore the link between mental health, wellbeing, and resilience.
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Signposting and Supporting Peers with Appropriate Boundaries
This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, supports PGRs in developing, learning about, and enacting appropriate boundaries while in postgraduate education and beyond.
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Getting Appropriate Cultural Support for your Mental Wellbeing
This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, will support PGRs in accessing culturally appropriate support for mental health and wellbeing.
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Tools to Manage Stress and Anxious Feelings
This slide deck — created by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey as one of the 13 Research-England Funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — aims to support PGR’s in identifying stress and anxiety, how to manage these feels, and where to go when you need more support.
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Defining Mental Health and Wellbeing
This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, provides and introduction to defining mental health and wellbeing.
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University of Liverpool “PGR Wellbeing Improvement” RE/OfS Catalyst Fund Project Update
A video update on the University of Liverpool’s PGR Wellbeing Improvement Project