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*
Academic Posters	5 and 12 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 13 February and 5 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 16 and 23 May 2024 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
Advanced Academic English Conference Skills	13 February until 7 May 2024 (ONLINE)	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Advanced Academic English Writing Skills	First and second semester Academic Year 2023-2024	Communication (IS)
Effective Slides	7 and 14 November 2023 AM (ONLINE) 7 and 14 December 2023 PM (ONLINE) 25 April and 2 May 2024 (ONLINE) 17 and 24 May 2024 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
English Proficiency for Presentations	13 February until 5 March (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Medical Writing	30 November 2023	Communication (IS)
How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher	27 May and 3 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
How to get published	27 November and 4 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 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)
Let's talk science	4 - 6 July 2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS)
Presentation Skills	5 until 26 October 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 14 November until 5 December 2023 (ONLINE) 18 April until 16 May 2024 (ONLINE) 6 until 27 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Science Figured Out	2023 dates to be announced	Communication (IS)
Scientific Presentation Skills	7 and 19 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 12 and 19 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Show, don't tell: creating visuals about your research	18 and 25 October 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 1 and 8 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 16 and 23 May 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Turning research data into powerful visuals	24 + 31 October and 7 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 16, 23 and 30 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 7, 14 and 21 May 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Writing Academic papers	25 September- 13 Dec 2023	Communication (IS)
Writer Development Course	25 + 26 September and 7 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 2 + 3 October and 8 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 23 and 24 October 2023 and 10 January 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 11, 12 and 21 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 22, 23 and 25 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	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	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Building a positive communication culture	To be announced	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Negotiation skills	4 and 25 October 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 7 and 28 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 3 and 30 May 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Conflict management	10 November and 1 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 29 February and 14 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Female Brain Power	17 and 18 April 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow to lead	20 and 21 November, 7 and 22 December 2023, 10 January 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 22 and 23 January, 8 and February, 7 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow your network: from the perfect pitch to lasting relations	15 and 29 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 16 and 25 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL) International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Grow your personal brand	16 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 15 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Handling your fear of failure	4 and 14 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 21 and 28 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Meeting skills	8 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL) Teamwork (IS)
Personal effectiveness	7 and 8 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 12 and 13 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 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)
Stress and resilience for researchers	3 and 21 October 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 13 February and 12 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
What does it mean to be a researcher in 21^st century academia	5, 11 and 12 May 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	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	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Data manipulation, visualisation and analysis in Python	To be announced	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
EEG Methods seminar series	19 October 2023 & 31 May 2024	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
Faculty of Law and Criminology Research Training Program: how to conduct excellent research in law and criminology**	AY 2022-2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS)
Methodological aspects of research and societal outreach in public health and primary care	October 2023- June 2024	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS)
GDPR in research	27 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 20 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Research management (EX) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Next-level searching for scientific information	April- December 2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Research Data management: a practical course	November and December 2023 (Extra session in December: registration is now open)	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Speed Reading	14 and 21 November 2023 (AM) 14 and 21 November 2023 (PM) 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)
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	9 and 16 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 14 and 21 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS) Research management (EX) Ethics and integrity (PR)
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	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Applying for a post-PhD job	29 November 2023 - 13 December 2023 (ONLINE) 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)
Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar)	March - October 2023	Innovation & creativity (CT) Teamwork (IS) Career development (PR)
Dealing with challenges, setbacks and confidence	9 and 10 November 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 20, 21, 22 and 24 November 2023 (ONLINE) 13 and 14 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Creative thinking	14 and 15 December 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 29 February and 1 March 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 9 until 12 April 2024 (ONLINE)	Critical & analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
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	29 September + 6 and 13 October 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
FWO Postdoc Grant Writing Course	October 2023	Specialised knowledge (EX) Project management (CT) Career development (PL)
Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers	February-March 2024	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
Job Shadowing for PhD candidates and postdocs	9 - 20 October 2023	Career development (PL)
Knowledge for growth	1 June 2023	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
PhD Innovation Café	March - May 2023	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Preparing for an international career	17 and 18 October 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR)
Project management	ON CAMPUS: May - July 2023 13 + 27 October, 16 November and 7 December 2023 24 October, 7 + 21 November, 12 December 2023	Project management (CT) Informal leadership (PL) Communication (IS)

^{*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)	AY 2023-2024	VLIR	Ufora course	Research & Valorization
Scientific writing and publishing	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Effective collaboration in research	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Career Management
Managing research data	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research and Valorization
Narrative tools for researchers	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Persuasive Grant Writing	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Career Management
Networking for researchers	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Leadership and personal efficiency
Advancing Your Scientific Presentations	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Focus on peer review	AY 2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Knowledge to Connect	AY 2023-2024	KCGG	KCGG	Research & Valorization
Module 1 - Inleiding tot SPSS (Dutch)	2 - 16 October 2023	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 2 - Getting Started with R Software for Data Analysis	October 23, 26 & 30, November 6, 2023, from 5.30 pm to 9 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 9 - Getting Started with NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis	Thursday February 1, 2024, from 9 am to 4 p	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
Courses & training in AI	2022-2023	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)	2022-2023	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)	2022-2023	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) – ON CAMPUS	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to R	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
De-identification and anonymisation of personal data	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Statistical modeling using R	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Process and evaluation studies	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Intervision session for advanced PhD students	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Design and Analysis of Observational Studies	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Developing interview questions and basic interview skills	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Digital ethnography	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Data visualization with R Shiny	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Quality assessment in qualitative research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
An introduction to writing qualitative research papers for publication in academic journals	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Critical Discourse Analysis	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Causality in qualitative research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Communication skills
Basic concepts of clustering techniques for data science	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Interviews (basic)	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Creative with interviews	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Global classroom arts-based research	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	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Data wrangling & tidying with Tidyverse - online	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Photovoice: the use of participatory photography in qualitative research - online	2022-2023	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	2022-2023	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

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