Kate Tapper
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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The Grateful Academic
- May 9
- 4 min
Is Taking a Break Beneficial? Exploring the Pros and Cons
There has been a little break from the Grateful Academic recently, so I thought I would explore the pros and cons of taking a break.
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The Grateful Academic
- Dec 6, 2023
- 4 min
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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The Grateful Academic
- Jul 25, 2023
- 1 min
Beautiful Campuses: Summer
A short reflection on the delight in exploring summer garden spaces on campus
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The Grateful Academic
- Apr 28, 2023
- 1 min
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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The Grateful Academic
- Mar 3, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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The Grateful Academic
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Beautiful Campuses: Summer
Seasonal look at the changing beauty of university campuses
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Dr Becky Selwyn
- Jun 7, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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The Grateful Academic
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Beautiful Campuses: Spring
Beauty /ˈbjuːti/ noun
A combination of qualities that pleases the senses
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Inclusive Research Collective
- Mar 21, 2022
- 5 min
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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Prof Sally Brown
- Jan 13, 2022
- 7 min
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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The Grateful Academic
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Beautiful Campuses: Winter
Seasonal look at the changing beauty of university campuses
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Prof James Norman
- Nov 13, 2021
- 4 min
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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Dr Zoë Ayres
- Oct 23, 2021
- 3 min
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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The Grateful Academic
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Beautiful Campuses : Autumn
Seasonal look at the changing beauty of university campuses
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The Grateful Academic
- Jul 28, 2021
- 4 min
Time: 4 ways to look at the passage of time
Time /tʌɪm/ noun
the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future.
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