Researcher wellbeing and mental health awareness have been a hot topic in academia and among research policy officers. In Module 1 of this course on Researcher Mental Health, we focus on Researcher wellbeing. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Anxiety and depression are sometimes normal reactions to life situations like stress or when we experience loss. In module 2, we talk about how anxiety and depression affect academia and how we need to tackle it. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Scientists and academicians are sometimes vulnerable to the "imposter syndrome or imposter phenomenon". They start to have difficulties in internalizing their own success. Module 3 talks about what impostor syndrome/phenomenon/experience is and what it's not. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

In module 4 we talk about behaviours that maintain the impostor experience and the tools that can be used to tackle insecurities and deal with IP.

 

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Effective collaboration is quintessential to the research process. Through Module 1, we discuss how effective collaboration helps you gain better opportunities, insights and experience; how it furthers your perspective; how it helps popularise your work and how it can help with getting funds for your research. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

It's important to build and stay in contact with your network in order to develop a great working relationship. This module talks about exactly why we need to network and provides insight on ways to make our network grow. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Module 3 talks about how to manage colleagues without taking yourself away from your own research. It discusses about defining roles on a research team, how you can promote effective communication in your group, and manage any conflict.  It'll also guide you on taking a team through the research process. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Module 4 is about the skills that you need to present and promote your research. It takes you through some important interpersonal skills that help with making the right impact on your audience. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

This module is designed to help you understand the peer review process. It talks about peer review, explains the peer review process, describes the types of peer review and shares tips on how to become a great peer reviewer.

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Module 13 will help you navigate the revision and resubmission process. It helps you understand the process, it gives tips for revising, resubmitting and going through the revision response.

 

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This module provides guidelines for increasing visibility, measuring and tracking impact.

 

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This bitesize webinar provides a brief introduction to open access publishing in research.

This bitesize webinar describes popular open access publishing models and how to search for an open access journal for your paper.

This bitesize webinar discusses the benefits and challenges of open access publishing for the various stakeholders.

This bitesize webinar describes the different Creative Commons (CC) licenses.

This bitesize webinar discusses the various initiatives undertaken and planned by funders, institutions, libraries and other stakeholders in the open access movement.

The goal of the theoretical framework, or literature review for your paper is to present and synthesize research that other researchers have conducted and provide an explanation of how your study connects to other research on this topic.

Writing errors are common across academic papers submitted for publication review. These can lead to a decision to reject, especially if they are prevalent throughout the submission. Even if these errors do not result in a rejection, they will result in significant revisions, which can be tedious and time-consuming.

Applying for grant funding is very competitive, especially when submitting research proposals. The research design section of the proposal narrative is central to a successful grant application. The research design and methods are the core of any research project and therefore have the largest impact score during the reviews. So, what are important things to consider when developing a competitive research design?

A peer review of your paper will generally indicate that you need to make either minor or major revisions. This article discusses essential steps to help take your article from the revisions stage toward acceptance.