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Category Archives: imposter syndrome
feeling like an imposter? ask “what’s going on here?”
The term imposter syndrome is everywhere. People “have it”, “suffer from it” or “ have a bad case of it.” Imposter syndrome is a term that worries me. I’ve been concerned at how it’s used for quite some time. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged higher education, imposter, learning, outsider, Pat Thomson, university
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two things that made me think this week
Last weekend brought the inevitable long Saturday newspaper read – that’s a thing in our house. We only buy one paper a week and we do like to sit down and savor it the morning it’s bought. We leave some … Continue reading
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Tagged imposter syndrome, Pat Thomson, Pauline Rose Clance, Simon Garfield, time
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managing the #phd – reMIND me
This is a guest post by Donna Franklin, an applied psychology alumnus of Nottingham University. Donna candidly shares her challenging academic journey to finding mindfulness, a helpful strategy with which to navigate the emotional landscape of the PhD. ‘Can I really … Continue reading
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Tagged Donna Franklin, imposter syndrome, mindfulness, PhD
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the other problem with research social networks
This is a guest post from Jonathan Downie,currently an independent researcher in interpreting. He recently finished a PhD at Heriot-Watt University. Jonathan tweets as @jonathanddownie. He has also just published Being a successful interpreter ( Routledge 2016) It’s amazing how … Continue reading
