24. SPECIAL 1YR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE – How To Change The System That Sets Us Up To Fail | Andrea Hayward
TW/CW: Bullying and abuse
Emily chats with Andrea Hayward, a Project Manager for the CACTUS Communications ‘Joy and Stress Triggers: A global survey on mental health among researchers.’ They discuss open-ended answers from the survey, highlighting what institutions can do to ease work-related pressures, reduce barriers to seeking help, and encourage personal wellbeing of researchers. Andrea also opens up, for the first time, about experiences she had during her Masters, including being made to feel like she was never good enough.
This episode covers:
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Resources:
The CACTUS Mental Health Survey reports
Twitter: CACTUS Mental Health Initiative
The CACTUS Mental Health Webinar series
The CACTUS Mental Health Video series
Researchers and Their Stories
‘R Voice’ – a private community forum for researchers to talk openly about what they’re going through
Dragonfly Mental Health workshops available for universities and institutes to provide concrete steps for improving researcher mental health
PhD Balance
TAE Consortium (Transforming Academic Ecosytems)
Full transcript of the podcast is available here, with many thanks to Dan Ranson. If you find these transcripts useful, please consider supporting accessibility!
Mental health support: please contact your GP or use the appropriate support for your country at https://checkpointorg.com/global/
Recorded: 12/11/2021.
Sound: Mindset by Ketsa
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