Resources & references

Resources for staff

• Enhancing Student Wellbeing Project: Spotlight: Research Supervision
• Supervisor Expectations
• The Supervision by Higher Degree by Research Students: Supervisor Research Book  (PDF, 2153KB)
• ThinkWell tools for the Supervisor from Hugh Kearns

Resources for graduate research students

• Kearns, H. (2008). The Balanced Researcher eBook Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) Limited
• My Compass: is a free online self-help program for people with mild to moderate depression, anxiety and stress. It’s also appropriate for people who simply want to build good mental health. Its core features include fourteen different interactive learning activities and a lifestyle tracking feature to help users better understand themselves and learn strategies to improve their mental health.
• Tip-sheet: Perfectionism (PDF, 102KB)

References and further reading

• Barry, K. M., Woods, M., Warnecke, E., Stirling, C., & Martin, A. (2018). Psychological health of doctoral candidates, study-related challenges and perceived performance. Higher Education Research & Development, 37(3), 468-483.
• Barry, K.M., Woods, M., Martin, A., Stirling, C., & Warnecke, E. (2019). A randomized controlled trial of the effects of mindfulness practice on doctoral candidate psychological status. Journal of American College Health, 67(4), 299-307.
• Scott, H., & Takarangi, M.K.T. (2019). Measuring PhD students’ well-being: Are we seeing the whole picture? Student Success, 10(3), 14-24 (PDF, 445KB)
• Sverdlik, A., Hall, N. C., McAlpine, L., & Hubbard, K. (2018). The PhD experience: A review of the factors influencing doctoral students’ completion, achievement, and well-being. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 13, 361-388 (PDF, 1030KB)