In this fascinating episode, De Montfort University's Amal Abuzeinab discusses her approach to supporting the student PhD journey using the PERMA approach. The PERMA Model represents the five core elements of happiness and well-being. PERMA stands for Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishments and is a positive psychology model of human flourishing. Amal tells us how she has skillfully woven PERMA into her approach to PhD supervision, supporting her learners to "flourish" as well as be successful with their studies. This is a fascinating episode that any colleague supporting student learning can learn from. Enjoy!

Dr Amal Abuzeinab is a senior lecturer and the Institute Head of Research Students (IHRS), Institute of Architecture, De Montfort University. Amal is currently supervising 3 PhD students, supervised 4 PhD students successfully to completion, and examined 4 PhD students. She served as the Co-Faculty Head of Research Students (FHRS) for the faculty of Arts, Design, and Humanities between 2017-2020. Amal created toolkits to build capacities of both PhD students and supervisors including: PhD supervision mentoring toolkit; PhD completion 7 principles; and checklist for writing for publications.