TM course structure

1. Improve your academic reading

1.1. The key to effective academic reading

1.2. Tips for academic reading

2. Manage email more effectively

2.1. Decide whether to send an email

2.2. Tips for managing email

2.2.1. Identify the changes you will make

2.3. Further learning

3. Plan tasks and objectives

3.1. Tasks and objectives

3.1.1. Aligning tasks to objectives

3.2. SMART planning

3.2.1. Plan your tasks

3.3. To-do lists and flexibility

3.4. Gantt charts part 1

3.4.1. Create a Gantt chart

3.5. Gantt charts part 2

3.5.1. Create a Gantt chart for your project

3.6. Six thinking hats

3.7. Activity, productivity and presentee-ism

3.8. Taking breaks and holidays

3.9. Mind maps

3.10. Be conscious of time

4. Avoid distractions and interruptions

4.1. Your distractions

4.1.1. Identify your distractions and interruptions

4.2. Handling interruptions

4.2.1. Identify strategies to manage interruptions

5. Learn to say no

5.1. How to say no

5.1.1. Practice saying no

5.2. Tips for saying no

5.2.1. Experiences of saying no

6. KEY

6.1. = goal

6.2. = theory

6.3. = activity

7. Foundations

7.1. Welcome

7.2. How this course works

7.3. Get started!

7.4. Course map

7.5. Books and online tools and resources

7.6. Recommendation: Follow-on workshops

8. Know yourself

8.1. Time as a resource

8.1.1. Identify your life objectives

8.2. Keep a time log

8.2.1. Keep a time log

8.3. Varying productivity during the day

8.3.1. Recognising your effective times of the day

8.4. Organising your day

8.4.1. Plan your day for productivity

8.5. The Pareto Principle

8.6. Parkinson's Law

8.7. Pressure and stress

9. Prioritise what you need to do

9.1. Urgent versus important

9.2. Categorising urgent and important tasks part 1

9.2.1. Prioritising practise

9.3. Categorising urgent and important tasks part 2

9.3.1. Categorise your tasks

9.4. Perfect and good enough

9.5. Write things down

10. Manage meetings more effectively

10.1. Principles for effective meetings

10.1.1. Make your meetings more productive

11. Control your internet use

11.1. Internet use tips

11.1.1. Reduce your recreational use of the internet