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How to say No and beat the demons of overcommitment

Kate Tapper

Jun 184 min read

How to say No and beat the demons of overcommitment

Overwhelm is rife in academia, there is always way too much to do. The wonderful Kate Tapper is back helping us learn how to say no.

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Dr Vikki Burns

Dec 3, 20223 min read

Guest Blog: Accepting where you are is the first step to getting where you want by Dr Vikki Burns

Dr Vikki Burns aka The PhD Life Coach, writes about self-acceptance and how we can learn to treat ourselves more compassionately.

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Polly Tisdall

Oct 17, 20227 min read

Guest Blog: Daring to Connect by Polly Tisdall

Polly is an actor and theatre director specialising in storytelling workshops for academics, and writes about the importance of connection.

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Guest Blog: Fighting imposter syndrome with a feeling of belonging by Becky Selwyn

Dr Becky Selwyn

Jun 7, 20225 min read

Guest Blog: Fighting imposter syndrome with a feeling of belonging by Becky Selwyn

Dr Becky Selwyn is an award winning senior lecturer in Engineering who writes about the challenging phenomenon of Imposter Syndrome.

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Fabienne Vailes

May 5, 20225 min read

Guest Blog: The importance of compassion and self-compassion in education by Fabienne Vailes

The latest guest blog at thegfratefulacademic.com is all about compassion, from the wonderful Fabienne Vailes.

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Kate Tapper

Apr 8, 20223 min read

Guest Blog: Can academics be kind and successful? by Kate Tapper

Sharing the Grateful Academic's second blog on kindness, I welcome the wonderful Kate Tapper, founder of Bud Development to the site.

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Inclusive Research Collective

Mar 21, 20225 min read

Guest Blog: Changing Research Culture by the Inclusive Research Collective

This month, I welcome the Inclusive Research Collective to thegratefulacademic.com. This collaborative team are challenging the status quo

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Dave Jarman

Feb 19, 20223 min read

Guest Blog: Cultivating entrepreneurial behaviour by Dave Jarman

In this blog I’m thrilled to welcome Dave Jarman. He writes his blog on the benefits of entrepreneurial behaviour for all academics

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Guest Blog: Gratefully Giving Forward by Sally Brown

Prof Sally Brown

Jan 13, 20227 min read

Guest Blog: Gratefully Giving Forward by Sally Brown

In this blog, Sally Brown writes about what grateful late-stage or retired academics can do to support the next generation of academics.

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Guest Blog: The Kind Professor by James Norman

Prof James Norman

Nov 13, 20214 min read

Guest Blog: The Kind Professor by James Norman

In this latest guest blog, Professor James Norman writes his blog on the amazing quality that is kindness

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Guest Blog: Finding positivity in “negativity” by Dr Zoë J. Ayres

Dr Zoë Ayres

Oct 23, 20213 min read

Guest Blog: Finding positivity in “negativity” by Dr Zoë J. Ayres

In this blog, Zoe talks about her advocacy work and how it is critical to acknowledge that things aren’t always ‘positive’ in academia

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