Time Management: From chaos to clarity / Achieving your goals a day at a time / Overcoming obstacles /25-1-TM-1

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.   

 

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance. 

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.   

 

Objectives and Content

From Chaos to Clarity: Writing a Monthly Plan that Fosters Focus and Facilities Progress towards the Doctorate

• How to write a monthly plan that secures that you never lose focus
• How to break down your monthly goals into manageable actions steps
• How to celebrate success and reflect on the past month to improve your planning skills

 

Achieving Your Goals a Day at a Time: Effective Weekly and Daily Planning

• Participants will be introduced to two methods of weekly planning
• They will choose one and write a weekly plan
• They will also learn how to make their weekly planning more realistic by including buffer time

 

Overcoming Obstacles, Sharing Success: Exchanging Experiences on Implementation Monthly, Weekly and Daily Planning During Your Doctorate

• Participants are invited to evaluate of the implemented strategies and tools from the two former workhsops
• They share successes but also obstacles
• Adequate solutions to those obstacles are discussed

 

Please note

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Also check out workshops at the BUA partner institutions that are available for you free of charge: Graduate Studies Support Program.

For workshops held online, participation is allowed under the following conditions: a working camera that is turned on and a microphone to allow active participation in discussions and group work. Headphones must also be used to protect other participants from office eavesdroppers. In this context, we would also like to refer to the rules for digital courses at Freie Universität Berlin (Code of Conduct).

Doctoral programs calculate credits that you can earn by participating in our workshops based on the transcripts (8 work units result in 0.5 credit points; 1 work unit equals 45 min. workshop-time). In the case of mini workshops (less than 8 hours work units), these are calculated on a pro rata basis using the work units. Be aware: You must have attended enough short workshops to have accumulated enough “work units” to be eligible for credit transfer (i.e. 2x 3h workshop = 2x 4 work units à 45 min = 8 work units = 0.5 credits)