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The Grateful Academic

Apr 28, 20231 min read

Beautiful campuses: Spring #2023

It's Spring and it is beautiful! This post is simply about slowing down to enjoy the natural world on campus at spring time

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Dialling up the positivity switch in our brains

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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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