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.
By the end of this session, users will have covered the following:
- What is resilience and why is it important
- What are some of the misconceptions of resilience
- Effects of adversity on individuals wellbeing
- Unlearning and learning new patterns of behaviour
- A basic resilience plan
- Overview of the key skills and strategies to build resilience
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