Dr Kathryn Sutherland Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand DEVELOPING SCHOLARLY HABITS (DSH) - FINDINGS FROM THE 2010 PILOT PROJECT -

The DSH programme Retreat 1 in Feb 2010 Retreat 2 in Aug/Sep 2010 (Ako-funded) Mentoring Buddy partnerships Writing log Group meetings Workshops

Data Collection & Analysis Pre-programme questionnaires with 10 participants Follow up questionnaire at end of trimester At least 3 interviews with each participant Transcripts of group meetings/interviews Writing logs (min 4 weeks) Descriptive analysis of questionnaire data Thematic analysis of interview and meeting transcripts Statistical analysis of logs

Changes for the group (Scale: 1= very good to 4 = very poor) Pre - programme Post- programme Overall balance Overall satisfaction Overall support Peer reviewed publications 10 in previous two years 27 under review by end of 2010

Improvements Increase in individual agency and resourcefulness Work-life balance improvements Increase in relational agency Growing awareness of body’s and mind’s needs

Being on the programme gave me an incredible boost of confidence at what I suspect I will look back on as a crucial stage in my career. I just wish programmes like this were ongoing. [The retreat] has been very helpful, because I think the university environment is one where you are supposed to demonstrate ability all the time and what has been really useful here is that it’s a space where that’s not on the agenda, where you have to demonstrate that you are super dynamic; that has almost been taken out of the equation. It has been very, very useful.