An opportunity for postgraduate research (PGR) students with a mental health or autism diagnosis, who are already registered with the Service, to meet together regularly in a supportive environment to discuss the issues that are important to them. The groups are a safe, social space for PGR students to share their experiences, thoughts and advice on PhD life with the people who best understand what it's like - other PhD students.The groups are not a drop-in groups. They run continuously for group members to build up a social, friendship network and is supported by members of our Specialist Mentor Team.Groups usually touch on a specific topic each week, as a conversation starter; so far students have talked about PhD life hacks; their experiences of supervisors; imposter syndrome in PhD; preparing for annual reviews; motivation; attending conferences and networking when autistic; finding meaning in your PhD… the list goes on according to what students want to chat about.The groups run every two weeks for one hour.Mental Health PhD group: 3.30pm on Wednesdays, online on TeamsAutism PhD group: 1 pm on Thursdays, online on TeamsIf you would like to know more about the Group and the details of the next meeting, contact Linda Hummel (Linda.Hummel@ed.ac.uk) for the Mental Health groupManuela Rocchi (manuela.rocchi@ed.ac.uk) for the Autism group. This article was published on 2024-07-22
