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Just because we can't hold Research Refresh in the Wolfson Research Exchange at the moment doesn’t mean we can’t still have a chat over coffee and cake!

Join us on Microsoft Teams for a virtual coffee break! We'll be chatting about the best ways to work from home, and how to stay productive and get research and writing done in the current situation - plus it's a great way for you to keep in touch with other REx regulars!

A short practical session introducing the concept of thesis mapping and signposting. Learn how to ensure your examiners understand what you planned, what you did and what you found as a result of conducting your research. By the end of the session you will have created a thesis map that will guide you to write your thesis and your examiners to read your thesis more easily.

To get the best from attending this session you are advised to attend the full two hours. We will be sharing knowledge with you for the first 30 minutes, and then giving you time write and receive feedback.

All sessions are on line in Microsoft Teams. Please book as usual on Skills Forge. We will add you to the event, and it will appear in your Teams calendar the day before. On the day/ time, just click on the link and it will take you in. Please mute your mic & close your video until asked to join in the group.

YOU CAN ALSO JOIN WITH - https://tinyurl.com/ybbot5s4

Please make yourself familiar with the new Researcher On Line Team and the resources there. If you are new to Microsoft Teams you will find under the ‘Start Here’ channel information on how to navigate the system and hints.

Each session will begin with a reminder on basic Teams skills and on line security. Any questions please contact the RD tutor team in RDContacts@warwick.ac.uk

Reflective practice, analytical reflection and (particularly) reflexivity, are generally recognised as the core characteristics of research and teaching practice. Reflective Practice can enable practitioners to learn from the experience of themselves, their work, and how they relate to home and work, significant others and wider society and culture. Reflection involves reliving and recurring: who said and did what, how, when, where, and why. Reflection may lead to insight into something that has not been noticed in time, perhaps pointing out when the detail has been missed.

Reflexivity is a strategy to question our own attitudes, thought processes, values, assumptions, prejudices and habitual actions, to try to understand our complex roles in relation to others. Reflexivity involves thinking from within experiences ‘turned or reflected back upon the mind itself’. Reflective practice and reflexivity are therefore a valuable developmental process for any professional or researcher.

In this session, we will examine key features of reflection, introduce a number of models of reflective practice (such as the Gibbs model), understand how reflective practice can help you learn and what tools you can use to support reflective learning. In addition, we are going to cover how to be reflexive and how mindfulness can help you to achieve better reflexivity. Lastly, to be reflective and reflexive practitioner it is crucial to practice this skill. Therefore, all PGRS will have a chance to put in the practice their reflectivity and reflexivity.