Specialist Courses Natural Sciences
Specialist courses (co-)-organised by the Doctoral School of Natural Sciences
| Course Title / Subject | Dates/Academic Year |
Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students* |
| From PhD to SME 2022: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA | Feb 2022-Dec 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR) |
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Bioresource Recovery – putting the circular economy to action |
Oct 2021-June 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
| NB-Photonics – Multidisciplinary seminars | 2021-2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity, Project management (CT) |
| Research to Market | AY 2021-2022 (recurring) |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR) |
| Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar Research & Valorization) | AY 2021-2022 (recurring) |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR) |
| Design and Analysis of clinical trials | 14-17 September 2020 (postponed, dates TBA) |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity, Project management (CT) |
| Cancer |
February - May 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity, Project management (CT) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
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qPCR course ONLINE |
5-6 May 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) |
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DS2BE: Doctoral Seminars on Sustainability Research in the built Environment |
24-25 May 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Community engagement (PR) |
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Photophysics, Photonics and Optoelectronic Applications of Optical Materials |
2-3 July 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills (CT) |
| Specialist course on Light and Fluorescence Microscopy |
7-9 September 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) |
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13-15 September 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) |
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19-23 September 2022 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity, project management (CT) Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) |
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September 2022 - June 2023 |
Broad knowledge, Specialised knowledge (EX) Critical and analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) |
*Every competency corresponds to a skill cluster: EX: Expertise; CT: Critical Thinking; PL: Professional Leadership; IS: Interpersonal Skills; PR: Professionalism
Selection of other courses
PhD students who want to include one of the courses listed below or any other course in their Doctoral Training Programme are required to submit an application for recognition.
| Course Title /Subject | Academic Year / Dates | Organiser | Registration |
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M2: Drawing conclusions from data: an introduction Previously ‘Introductory Statistics. Basics of Statistical Inference’ |
November 9, 16, 23 and 30, December 7 and 14, 2021, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| November 17 and 24, December 1, 8 and 15, 2021, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser | |
| M4: Getting started with Python for data scientists |
December 6, 9, 13, 16 and 20, 2021, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M5: Exploiting sources of variation in your data: the ANOVA approach |
January 11, 18 and 25, February 1 and 8, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M7: Identifying latent data structures: structural equation modelling I&II |
February 7 and 8, 2022, 9 am & May 23 and 24, 2022, 9 am | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M8: High dimensional data analysis | February 7, 10, 14, 17, 21 and 24, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M11: From prior belief to data driven evidence: Bayesian data analysis in action |
February 15 and 22, March 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M12: Explaining and predicting outcomes with linear regression |
March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M14: Microbiome data analysis bootcamp |
April 4, 5, and 6, 2022 9 am | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| M16: From language to information: natural language processing |
April 11, 12 & 13, 2022, from 9 am | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser |
| April 21 and 28, May 5, 12 and 18, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser | |
| April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, June 13, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) | Organiser | |
| VIB Training Initiatives | 2021-2022 | VIB | Organiser |
| Intellectual Property and Valorization | 2021-2022 | Ghent University | OASIS course code I001967 |