Head Space

Courses

  • Calm productivity

    31 Lessons

      Create new routines for a sustainable, high-impact academic career.

    • Time Management for Academics course

      6 Lessons
      • Time Management for Academics – £10.00

      While academics probably have more autonomy around structuring their days than many other employees, few feel as if they have any control at all, often spending their days reacting to a rising tide of demands for their attention. The aim of this course on time management for academics is to learn how to manage your time effectively as a first step towards working to a fixed daily schedule that’s planned effectively, with protected time to focus on the work you care about.

    • Email Management Strategies course

      6 Lessons
      • Email Management Strategies – £10.00

      Email and instant messaging result in a near constant disruption of thinking, with incoming information creating numbing streams of distraction that make it increasingly difficult to focus on what matters. The aim of this course on email management for academics is to create a system where you are in control of your email, rather than having your daily activities dictated by your inbox, and where your daily tasks aren’t determined by the random order of messages you receive.

    • Academic Note-taking course

      6 Lessons
      • Academic Note-taking – £10.00

      Most academics think of notes as being peripheral to the work, but the fact is that your notes are the place where you do most of your work. Your notes serve as extensions of your working- and long-term memory, freeing up head space to focus on what matters for your career. The aim of this course on academic note-taking is to build a daily, systematic note-taking habit to get ideas out of your mind and into a framework for working more effectively with them.

    • Information Management for Academics course

      6 Lessons
      • Information Management for Academics – £10.00

      Much of academic work is the process of turning information into knowledge that has value for society. But few academics receive any guidance in managing the avalanche of information coming their way, nor any structure for effectively converting it into something valuable. The aim of this course on information management for academics is to develop a systematic approach to filtering, saving, extracting, and processing information, and then sharing it to create value within your professional community.

    • Generative AI for Academics course

      6 Lessonsin
      • Generative AI for Academics – £10.00

      Generative AI tools are creating unprecedented disruption in academic workflows, with new models and capabilities emerging at a rapid pace, making it increasingly difficult to develop sustainable practices. The aim of this course on generative AI for academics is to create a system to effectively harness AI’s potential while maintaining control of your scholarly process, ensuring that these tools enhance and augment your academic work.

    • Academic Career Development course

      6 Lessons
      • Academic Career Development – £10.00

      Creating a more effective system for academic work means little if it isn’t tied to a higher purpose. Even though knowledge work is the defining characteristic of academia, we nonetheless find it difficult to articulate what it looks like in our personal contexts, and how to systematically get better at doing it. The aim of this course on academic career development is to create a deeper understanding of your working context as a starting point for designing a sustainable and meaningful academic career.