Kickstart 2025 with a one-hour practical workshop designed to help you turn your New Year’s resolutions into actionable goals. Discover a focused approach to breaking your goals into a manageable timeframe, enabling you to achieve more in less time. Join us to explore strategies for setting and achieving (academic) objectives, maximizing productivity, and maintaining motivation throughout the year. Whether you aim to enhance your teaching practice, advance your research, or improve work-life balance, this session will provide the tools and inspiration needed to make your resolutions achievable.
Key takeaways:
- Learn strategies to set clear and actionable academic goals;
- explore methods for breaking down long-term objectives into manageable steps, and
- discover productivity techniques to stay motivated and on track.
About the presenter
Dr Rita Prestigiacomo is a Lecturer (Nexus Fellow) at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, where she previously worked as an academic developer and a post-doctoral fellow. With a PhD in Education from the University of Sydney, she brings a rich background in teaching. Dr. Prestigiacomo areas of expertise include curriculum development, reflective teaching and learning practices, student engagement, group work and co-design work, all underpinned by a practical approach bridging theory and practice.