In the picture. Auction for a good cause

The 2011-edition of Music for Life, led by Studio Brussel and the Red Cross, took aim at diarrhea, one of the most common causes of death in children. Two Doctoral School directors - Prof. Frank Witlox and Prof. Hans Verstraeten - generously donated their time and money at the charity auction organized as part of Ghent University’s overall fundraising effort for the 'We do give a SHIT'-campaign.

Offering a guided bicycle tour in Antwerp and a visit to the top floor of the MAS, concluded with dinner in a local restaurant, Prof. Frank Witlox, director of the Doctoral School of Natural Sciences, was successfully auctioned off for 300 EURO. The Department of Geography and Mr. Joeri Delamane, pedel of the Faculty of Sciences, donated an extra 260 EURO, an amount which was topped up by prof. Witlox himself with 250 EURO – bringing the sum contributed to 'Music for Life' to 810 EURO.

Prof. Hans Verstraeten, newly-appointed director of the Doctoral School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, proudly put on auction a morning tour to, and guided walk in, the Bourgoyen, a beautiful green spot at the outskirts of Ghent, as well as a lunch in the highly-praised vegetarian restaurant 'De Groene Waaier'. Prof. Verstraeten's attractive offer easily made 250 EURO, an amount which Prof. Verstraeten himself gladly topped up with 250 EURO - bringing the amount donated to 'Music for Life' to 500 EURO.

Going once, going twice … two Doctoral School directors gone for 1310 EURO.

 

 

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Information session

8 March 2012, 10:00-12:00

Academieraadzaal, Volderstraat 9, Gent
No registration needed

Programme:

• Information about the Doctoral Schools and the Doctoral Training Programme (for new PhD students)
• Information about Oasis: managing your curriculum, submitting a progress report ... (for all PhD students enrolled for the new programme of study)
  

Information about your Doctoral School and the Doctoral Training Programme

Information for PhD students registered for the new programma of study

• Managing your curriculum in Oasis (screen shots)
• Final submission of your curriculum in Oasis (screen shots)
  

Information for PhD students with a first registration in 2010-2011 or 2011-2012

• Doctoral School of Arts, Humanities and Law
• Doctoral School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  
• Doctoral School of Natural Sciences
• Doctoral School of Life Sciences and Medicine
• Doctoral School of (Bioscience) Engineering

Information for PhD students registered for the new programme of study, with a first registration prior to 2010-2011

• Add previously attended courses or research activities to your curriculum in Oasis (deadline 1 February 2012)
  
• Transitional measures: overview
• Overview of the changes (old programme compared to new programme of study)
  
• Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences: New regulations and transition rules

5 Doctoral Schools

All new doctoral students enrolled at Ghent University will automatically become a member of one of the Doctoral Schools. There are five Doctoral Schools that support junior researchers during their research training. Each of the Doctoral Schools has its own specific research focus:

• Arts, Humanities and Law
  
• Social and Behavioural Sciences
• Natural Sciences
• (Bioscience) Engineering
• Life Sciences and Medicine

You will have to decide which Doctoral School best meets your research niche – this may be fairly obvious in some cases, but for interdisciplinary research this choice will best be made in consultation with your supervisor(s) or doctoral guidance committee.

Your faculty remains responsible for academic admission of a PhD proposal, the defense of the dissertation and the granting of degrees. Your Doctoral School will more particularly support you during your doctoral research.

Benefits & duties

Registering at a Doctoral School offers some clear opportunities.

• Research coaching is still provided by a personal supervisor, but the Doctoral Schools provide assistance to all of the parties involved in doctorate research. They offer top-level courses to doctoral students both within and outside of their own discipline. They complement relevant skills training with research-related activities.
• In addition, the Doctoral Schools organise guest lectures, information sessions, promotional events and interaction with industry, and as such keep a finger on the pulse of external stakeholders.
  

All members of the Doctoral Schools have to submit an annual progress report. 

Mission

The Doctoral Schools have a three-fold mission:

• to increase the international and social value of the doctorate from the perspective of potential researchers as well as from a labour-market point of view,
• to enhance the support provided to doctoral students in the course of their doctorate research,
• to strenghten a quality culture in (doctoral) research.