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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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Surviving the End of Term Chaos: 6 Top Tips for Academics

The Grateful Academic

Dec 5, 20234 min read

Surviving the End of Term Chaos: 6 Top Tips for Academics

For many of us working in academia the end of the term or semester is coming and whilst we may be starting to look ahead towards some well e

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Dialling up the positivity switch in our brains

The Grateful Academic

Mar 3, 20233 min read

Dialling up the positivity switch in our brains

Have you ever considered that how we think about something, might be able to change how it feels? This blog is about the power of positivity

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The Grateful Academic

Jan 5, 20233 min read

Hitting the refresh button

In this blog, I share ways of retaining the focus we regain after taking a break and why we should all regularly hit the refresh button.

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The Grateful Academic

Nov 2, 20223 min read

The 5 minute rule

Your time is your most precious commodity. In this blog I reflect on how busyness can stop you from being effective, and how 5 minute tasks

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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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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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Students as Educators: supporting students to become teachers and co-creators

The Grateful Academic

Feb 6, 20224 min read

Students as Educators: supporting students to become teachers and co-creators

co-create / kō-krē-ˈāt / verb to make or produce something by working with one or more others

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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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'Practising Jumping': 5 tips for building confidence and supporting learning

The Grateful Academic

Nov 25, 20213 min read

'Practising Jumping': 5 tips for building confidence and supporting learning

support / səˈpɔːt / verb to give encouragement to someone because you want them to succeed

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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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"Every day's a school day": 3 ways to cultivate opportunities to learn from your students

The Grateful Academic

Dec 11, 20203 min read

"Every day's a school day": 3 ways to cultivate opportunities to learn from your students

learn /ˈləːnɪŋ/ verb the process of gaining understanding of something by studying or experience

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