Voices of Academia

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jul 11

🚨📝 New blog Bouncing Back: Coping Effectively with Academic Setbacks by Vineet Arora "I sat staring at the email, feeling like someone had just deflated my academic “balloon”" voicesofacademia.com/2025/07/11/bou… #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet card. I remember the first time a journal editor rejected my article. I sat staring at the email, feeling like someone had just deflated my academic “balloon”. I had poured my heart and soul into that ma…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jul 11

🔜📝 New blog later today! Bouncing Back: Coping Effectively with Academic Setbacks by Vineet Arora "It’s easy to doubt yourself, especially when someone else is pointing out flaws in your work" #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Bouncing Back: Coping Effectively with Academic Setbacks by Vineet Arora

"It’s easy to doubt yourself, especially when someone else is pointing out flaws in your work"

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · May 11

🚨📝 New blog Losing a Parent: Guilt and Learning to Forgive Myself by Amanda Nicholson @Amanda_S_Writer "There’s no easy solution or single best way of coping when a loved one has a terminal illness" voicesofacademia.com/2025/05/10/los… #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet card. Six years of studying were almost at an end. It was December, and I was looking forward to Christmas. Beyond that, I was looking ahead to April of the following year when I would complete my BA deg…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jul 24

🔜📝 New blog soon Considerations and Challenges of Overseas Research Visits: My Experience as an Autistic Woman - Lucy Rodgers @lucy_r_slt "[I made] an ‘action plan’ of what I might do in case of certain scenarios, such as [...] getting lost once I’d arrived" #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jun 26

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Help! Universities Won't Commit! Why Fixed-term Contracts are Harmful to Mental Health by Anon "research reveals that around two thirds of University Research Staff in the UK are employed on fixed-term contracts" #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Help! Universities Won't Commit! Why Fixed-term Contracts are Harmful to Mental Health by Anon

"research reveals that around two thirds of University Research Staff in the UK are employed on fixed-term contracts"

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jun 13

🚨📝 New blog Navigating Anxiety in an Experimental Lab: Personal Growth and Peer Support by Janaky Sunil "... research is fraught with ambiguity, where failed experiments and disproven hypotheses are common" voicesofacademia.com/2025/06/13/nav… #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet card. When people think of someone pursuing a PhD, they often focus on the prestige and intellectual fulfilment associated with earning the degree. For the students themselves, however, the journey is fr…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jun 11

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Navigating Anxiety in an Experimental Lab: Personal Growth and Peer Support by Janaky Sunil "Like most students, I commenced my PhD program without much idea of what was to come" #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet image. 🔜📝 New blog on Friday
Navigating Anxiety in an Experimental Lab: Personal Growth and Peer Support by Janaky Sunil

"Like most students, I commenced my PhD program without much idea of what was to come"

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jun 2

🚨📝 New blog Completing a doctorate after the onset of a chronic illness: Finding a new way of being by Stacey Anwin "I focused my limited energy on seeking a way forward, a means of regaining my independence" TW: domestic abuse voicesofacademia.com/2025/05/30/com… #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · May 28

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Completing a doctorate after the onset of a chronic illness: Finding a new way of being by Stacey Anwin "Living with chronic illness has shown me how to have compassion for myself" #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Completing a doctorate after the onset of a chronic illness: Finding a new way of being by Stacey Anwin

"Living with chronic illness has shown me how to have compassion for myself"

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · May 16

🚨📝 New blog Silent Battles: Enduring Sexual Harassment in Medical School in Africa by Anonymous "I felt alone, torn between the need to succeed and the shadow his presence cast over my life" voicesofacademia.com/2025/05/16/sil… #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet card. TW: Sexual Harassment, Indecent Assault “Boy, you will regret denying me access to you, mark my words!”Usually, a light laugh would follow Mr. Smith’s every sentence but, for the first time, his sm…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · May 15

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Silent Battles: The Mental Health Impact of Sexual Harassment in Academia by Anon "My experience... highlights the urgent need for structural changes in our educational institutions" #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Silent Battles: The Mental Health Impact of Sexual Harassment in Academia by Anon

"My experience... highlights the urgent need for structural changes in our educational institutions"

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Mar 22

🚨📝 New blog Exploring mindfulness methods for thriving in uncertainty in academia by@SarahJanePotts2 "These techniques aren’t a silver bullet, but they provided me with new methods for grounding myself and reframing my perspective" voicesofacademia.com/2025/03/21/exp…

academicvoices's tweet card. Over my last decade in academia, I have been given many opportunities to work on cutting edge science and engineering projects in a field that brings me great excitement and joy. However, despite t…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Mar 19

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Exploring mindfulness methods for thriving in uncertainty in academia by Sarah Jane-Potts@SarahJanePotts2 "... I can face these challenges with more calm, composure and courage when using mindfulness techniques during my day" #AcademicMentalHealth

academicvoices's tweet image. 🔜📝 New blog on Friday

Exploring mindfulness methods for thriving in uncertainty in academia by Sarah Jane-Potts@SarahJanePotts2

"... I can face these challenges with more calm, composure and courage when using mindfulness techniques during my day"

#AcademicMentalHealth

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Mar 7

🚨📝 New blog Emerging from Burnout: A Scientist´s Yoga Story by Stéphanie Blockhuys "Planning even short-term tasks caused intense stress and became impossible, as my brain seemed to lose the capacity to filter and digest information" voicesofacademia.com/2025/03/07/eme… #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Mar 5

🔜📝 New blog on Fri From Burnout to Breakthrough: A Scientist's Yoga Storyby Stéphanie Blockhuys "Let’s foster a culture of self-care and strength in academia - one where everyone can flourish and shine brightly in their pursuit of knowledge and innovation" #AcademicChatter

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From Burnout to Breakthrough: A Scientist's Yoga Storyby Stéphanie Blockhuys

"Let’s foster a culture of self-care and strength in academia - one where everyone can flourish and shine brightly in their pursuit of knowledge and innovation"

#AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Feb 21

🚨📝 New blog Breaking Barriers: My Higher Education Journey as a Disabled and Neurodivergent Student by Alexandra Wilson-Newman "... I’ve felt a compounding theme of accessibility challenges and systemic ableism throughout my university journey" voicesofacademia.com/2025/02/21/bre…

academicvoices's tweet card. Navigating higher education (HE) is difficult for any student, but for those who don’t fit the traditional mould – whether due to neurodivergence, disability, other protected characteri…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Feb 19

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Breaking Barriers: My Higher Education Journey as a Disabled and Neurodivergent Student by Alexandra Wilson-Newman "This is [also] a call-to-action for a more inclusive and compassionate educational environment for all" #AcademicMentalHealth

academicvoices's tweet image. 🔜📝 New blog on Friday

Breaking Barriers: My Higher Education Journey as a Disabled and Neurodivergent Student by Alexandra Wilson-Newman

"This is [also] a call-to-action for a more inclusive and compassionate educational environment for all"

#AcademicMentalHealth

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Feb 7

🚨📝 New blog Returning to Your PhD studies Following a Bereavement by Hema Chaplin "Self-care and self-compassion are often the first things to fall to the wayside when you are in survival mode, but it is so important to look after yourself" voicesofacademia.com/2025/02/07/ret…

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Feb 6

🔜📝 New blog on Friday Returning to your PhD studies following a Bereavement by Hema Chaplin @HemaChaplin "I think taking the decision to step away from something that is having a negative impact on your mental health is commendable" #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet image. 🔜📝 New blog on Friday

Returning to your PhD studies following a Bereavement by Hema Chaplin @HemaChaplin

"I think taking the decision to step away from something that is having a negative impact on your mental health is commendable"

#AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

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Voices of Academia@academicvoices · Jan 27

🚨📝 New blog Doing a PhD with OCD by Isabelle Berrow @BerrowIsabelle "Days would pass by where all I had done was cry and hide myself away, punishing myself for how I felt." voicesofacademia.com/2025/01/27/doi… #AcademicMentalHealth #AcademicChatter

academicvoices's tweet card. Write a sentence. Delete it. Write a sentence. Delete it. Why isn’t it good enough? What am I missing? Maybe I need a break – go downstairs, get a drink. Turn the light off, check the door’s …

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