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We made it to the end of the Academic Year! Time to reflect: learn, focus and plan
With the end of the academic year upon us, this blog challenges us to think about scheduling a session of reflection through 3 lenses: retrospective, introspective and prospective and how these can help us to learn, focus and plan.

The Grateful Academic
Jun 53 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.

Kate Tapper
Jun 18, 20244 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

The Grateful Academic
Dec 6, 20234 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

The Grateful Academic
Mar 3, 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.

The Grateful Academic
Jan 5, 20233 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

The Grateful Academic
Nov 2, 20223 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.

Dr Becky Selwyn
Jun 7, 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.

Fabienne Vailes
May 5, 20225 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.

Kate Tapper
Apr 8, 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

Dave Jarman
Feb 19, 20223 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

The Grateful Academic
Feb 6, 20224 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.

Prof Sally Brown
Jan 13, 20227 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

The Grateful Academic
Nov 25, 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

Dr Zoë Ayres
Oct 23, 20213 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

The Grateful Academic
Dec 11, 20203 min read
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