PG Wellbeing Tool Kit

Postgraduate Research Students (PGRs) are particularly at-risk of experiencing mental ill-health. Mental health initiatives must recognise the unique experiences of this diverse group and the stigma around accessing support.

The Researcher Toolkit: An essential guide to PhD life is a proactive, positive, and preventative approach to PGR mental health. Designed and piloted at the University of Plymouth, it is a series of five Researcher Development workshops. Workshops were co-created by PGRs and mental health experts to repackage key research skills and tips for PGR study within overarching messages about wellbeing, work-life balance, good working practice, and self-care.

The Researcher Toolkit uses a peer-support approach: each workshop is delivered by PGR Workshop Leaders.

Each workshop has two formats: a classroom version and a webinar version.