Transferable Skills Seminars
Seminars in Transferable Skills (co-)organised by the Doctoral Schools
Communication skills
Subject / Course Title |
Dates |
Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students* |
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13 February and 5 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 16 and 23 May 2024 (ONLINE) |
Communication (IS) |
13 February until 7 May 2024 (ONLINE) |
Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) | |
First and second semester Academic Year 2023-2024 |
Communication (IS) | |
25 April and 2 May 2024 (ONLINE) 17 and 24 May 2024 (ONLINE) |
Communication (IS) | |
English Proficiency for Presentations
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13 February until 5 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication (IS) |
27 May and 3 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) | |
How to get published |
29 January and 5 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 4 and 11 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication (IS) Ethics and integrity (PR) |
Intercultural communication: Meet people, not cultures & practice communication styles |
1 and 8 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) | Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
Intercultural competences: navigating foreign academic cultures |
27 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) | Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
Popular scientific writing: reach readers outside of academic walls |
15 and 22 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR) |
2-4 July 2024 |
Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS) |
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18 April until 16 May 2024 (ONLINE) 6 until 27 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
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12 and 19 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication, Teamwork (IS) | |
1 and 8 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 16 and 23 May 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication (IS) | |
16, 23 and 30 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 7, 14 and 21 May 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication (IS) | |
Fall 2024 |
Communication (IS) |
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11, 12 and 21 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 22 and 23 February, and 25 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)
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Personal Effectiveness (PL) Communication (IS) |
*Every competency corresponds to a skill cluster: EX: Expertise; CT: Critical Thinking; PL: Professional Leadership; IS: Interpersonal Skills; PR: Professionalism
Leadership & Personal efficiency
Subject / Course Title |
Dates |
Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students* |
Dates 2024 to be announced |
Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS) |
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7 and 28 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 3 and 30 May 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS) |
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29 February and 14 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS) |
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17 and 18 April 2023 (ON CAMPUS) |
Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL) | |
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Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) |
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Grow your network: from the perfect pitch to lasting relations |
16 and 25 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Personal effectiveness (PL) International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
15 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL) | |
15 and 25 January 2024 21 and 28 March 2024 |
Personal effectiveness (PL) |
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Meeting skills | 8 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Personal effectiveness (PL) Teamwork (IS) |
6 until 9 February 2024 (ONLINE) 27 and 28 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 11 and 12 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
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13 February and 12 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Personal effectiveness (PL) | |
What does it mean to be a researcher in 21st century academia |
Dates 2024 to be announced |
Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL) |
*Every competency corresponds to a skill cluster: EX: Expertise; CT: Critical Thinking; PL: Professional Leadership; IS: Interpersonal Skills; PR: Professionalism
Research & Valorization
Subject / Course Title |
Dates |
Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students* |
29 and 31 January and 2 February 2024 |
Critical and analytical skills (CT) |
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19 October 2023 & 31 May 2024 |
Critical and analytical skills (CT) |
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Each academic year |
Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS) |
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Methodological aspects of research and societal outreach in public health and primary care
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October 2023- June 2024 |
Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS) |
Research methods on hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations |
21 and 28 February 2024 |
Research management (EX) Ethics and integrity (PR) |
20 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Research management (EX) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) |
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2-5 April 2024 |
Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
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Next-level searching for scientific information |
April- December 2023 |
Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
Research Data management: a practical course |
April and May 2024 |
Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) |
11 and 18 March 2024 (AM) 11 and 18 March 2024 (PM) 6 and 13 May 2024 (AM) 6 and 13 May 2024 (PM)
(ALL ON CAMPUS) |
Critical and analytical skills (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
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LISa-team tutor | March - April 2024 |
Communication (IS) Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
A starter’s guide to socio-economic impact of research |
14 and 21 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Communication (IS) Research management (EX) Ethics and integrity (PR) |
Map making for linguists in QGIS * You have to participate in both the Basic Skills and Advanced Skills programme if you want to add this course as a specialist course to your curriculum. If you want to add it as a transferable skills seminar, then you only participate in the Basic skills programme. |
21 or 22-23 May 2024 |
Research management (EX) |
28 May and 13 June 2024 |
Communication (IS) |
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Engaged Learning: Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions |
10 and 17 June 2024 |
Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
How to evaluate and review scientific papers in health sciences research? |
Second semester 2024 |
Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS) |
*Every competency corresponds to a skill cluster: EX: Expertise; CT: Critical Thinking; PL: Professional Leadership; IS: Interpersonal Skills; PR: Professionalism
** + Communication skills
Career management
Subject / Course Title |
Dates |
Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students* |
30 April - 14 May 2024 (ONLINE) 11 - 25 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 21 August - 4 September 2024 (ONLINE) |
Personal effectiveness, Career development (PL) Communication (IS) |
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Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar) |
March - October 2023 |
Innovation & creativity (CT) Teamwork (IS) Career development (PR) |
20, 21, 22 and 24 November 2023 (ONLINE) 13 and 14 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) |
Personal effectiveness (PL) | |
29 February and 1 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 9 until 12 April 2024 (ONLINE) |
Critical & analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
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From PhD to SME: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA*** |
From March 2024 to November 2024 |
Career development (PL) |
From the definition of a realistic career plan to an effective job search strategy |
Dates 2024 to be announced | Informal leadership, Career development (PL) |
Dates 2024 to be announced |
Specialised knowledge (EX) Project management (CT) Career development (PL) |
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Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers |
February-March 2024 |
Informal leadership, Career development (PL) |
Job Shadowing for PhD candidates and postdocs |
Dates 2024 to be announced |
Career development (PL) |
15-16 May 2024 |
Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS) |
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February - May 2024 |
Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS) |
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Dates 2024 to be announced |
Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR) |
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Making it count: a field guide for exploring (post-)PhD life with a doctorate in the Humanities |
19 February 2024 |
Career development (PL) |
ON CAMPUS:
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Project management (CT) Informal leadership (PL) Communication (IS) |
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Belgian Service Research Day – 10th edition: Paving the Way for a Journey as Service Scholar |
19 April 2024 |
Career development (PL) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR) Personal effectiveness (PL) |
*Every competency corresponds to a skill cluster: EX: Expertise; CT: Critical Thinking; PL: Professional Leadership; IS: Interpersonal Skills; PR: Professionalism
*** + Communication skills + Leadership & Personal efficiency
Selection of other courses (AfR)
The courses listed below are organised by third parties and are not part of the Doctoral Schools own course offer, but they have been approved by the Doctoral Schools board of Directors. You can include them in your Doctoral Training Programme by submitting an application for recognition (AfR) .
Subject/Course title | Academic Year/Dates | Organiser | Registration | Cluster |
Mind the GAP - submit your certificate of completion through our application for recognition (AfR) |
2023-2024 | VLIR |
Ufora course |
Research & Valorization |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Communication skills | |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Career Management | |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Research and Valorization | |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Communication skills | |
Persuasive Grant Writing |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Career Management |
Networking for researchers | 2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Leadership and personal efficiency |
Advancing Your Scientific Presentations | 2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Communication skills |
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Research & Valorization |
Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting | 2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Research & Valorization |
2023-2024 | Nature Masterclasses |
organizer |
Research & Valorization | |
2023-2024 | KCGG | Research & Valorization | ||
Module 1 - Inleiding tot SPSS (Dutch) |
2023-2024 | IPVW (ICES) |
IPVW (ICES) |
Research & Valorization |
Module 2 - Getting Started with R Software for Data Analysis |
2023-2024 |
IPVW (ICES) |
IPVW (ICES) |
Research & Valorization |
Module 9 - Getting Started with NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis |
2023-2024 | IPVW (ICES) |
IPVW (ICES) |
Research & Valorization |
Co-supervise the Global Engagement Module, a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course | 2023-2024 | UGent, ENLIGHT | Organiser | Career Management |
SPSS for Beginners | 2023-2024 | Flames | Organiser | Research & Valorization |
Courses & training in AI | 2023-2024 | Flemish AI Academy (VAIA) | Organiser | Research & Valorization (if minimum conditions are met & AfR is approved) |
Knowledge Transfer skills for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts | 2022-2023 | Ghent University, Technology Transfer | Organiser | Research & Valorization |
Introduction to Technology Transfer skills | 2022-2023 | Ghent University, Technology Transfer | Organiser | Research & Valorization |
Online Onderwijstraject voor Assistenten (in Dutch) | 2023-2024 | Office for Educational Quality Control | Search for the course title in the UTOP course catalogue. | Career management |
Online Learning Track for Assistants (OLTA) (in English) | 2023-2024 | Office for Educational Quality Control | Search for the course title in the UTOP course catalogue. | Career management |
Seminaries Onderwijskunde (in Dutch) | 2022-2023 | UGent, HoGent, Arteveldehogeschool, Howest | Organiser | Career management (attend at least 3 seminars; note that the annual Onderwijsdag also counts as a seminar) |
Intervision session for starting PhD students (qualitative research) |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
An introduction to writing qualitative research papers for publication in academic journals |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Communication skills | |
2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization | |
Global classroom arts-based research
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2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Introduction to statistical data analysis | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Exploratory data analysis R - online | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Focus Groups (online) | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Introduction to Graphics using R | 2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Data wrangling & tidying with Tidyverse - online | 2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Photovoice: the use of participatory photography in qualitative research - online | 2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Writing up your findings – the principles of getting your work published | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Introduction to JMP | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Missing data methods | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Focus Groups | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Data Wrangling and Visualisation with R Tidyverse-On Campus | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Introduction to Python for statistical data analysis | 2023-2024 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Graphics in R - on campus | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Ethnographic research and observational methods - ONLINE | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Introduction to Big Data Processing - Online | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Digital ethnography | 2022-2023 | FLAMES | FLAMES | Research & Valorization |
Related information
- Structure of the Ghent University Doctoral Training Programme
- Registration, recognition and funding procedures