Magnetic Ideals Academy for PhDs and ECRs
Inspirational courses for PhD Students and ECRs. Build your confidence, love your research, change the world! Standing against precarity and for open access!
The Magnetic Ideals Academy is run by a group of researchers who believe that doing a PhD and being an Early Career Researcher should not be a lonely, isolating or traumatic experience. We are offering a series of workshops and engagements that aim to be nourishing, connecting and informative. These sessions offer support we know would have made a great deal of difference to us, and we hope they will make a difference to you!
We offer lower rates for unfunded and independent researchers, and also run a limited bursary scheme to support those who would otherwise be unable to attend for all of our course where possible. Our 2023 calender of events will be announced shortly.
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Back on Track – Two Day PhD Coaching Workshop 29 March & 12 April
In a world that is critically difficult and damaging to PhD researchers and research structures, both in terms of workplace stress, mental health and pandemic related isolation and disruption, these two-day long sessions aim to allow researchers to develop and maintain a positive and nourishing relationship with their thesis research and their working practice.
£85 for funded researchers and £45 for unfunded – Book online here…
Recovering and Thriving Post PhD – 2 Day Coaching for Doctoral Alumni and Early Career Researchers – dates TBC – Please email academy@magneticideals.org for further details.
Alternative Academia Conference – Working on the Edges: Disillusion to Re-Enchantment – dates TBC – Please email academy@magneticideals.org for further details.
Online Workshop on Open Access Publishing – One-day online workshop – 20 April 2023 – booking info coming soon.
This day-long workshop will educate research students on the history, debates and practicalities of Open Access Publishing. Through a series of presentations, group work sessions, and interactive activities, participants will explore the history, ethics and debates around Open Access and the practicalities of publishing in Open Access journals and publishing Open Access monographs.
£50 for funded PhD students on a stipend or full-time early career researchers, £25 fo unfunded or precarious researchers. Please email academy@magneticideals.org for further details.
Running a Caring and Quality Open Access Journal – Bookable for open-access journals or groups of open-access journals. We run this as a bespoke course that can be adapted for your local needs, and encourage partnership working in these sessions across journals and institutions. Please email academy@magneticideals.org for further details.