Transferable Skills Seminars

Seminars in Transferable Skills (co-)organised by the Doctoral Schools

Communication skills

Subject / Course Title	Doctoral School (DS)	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Academic Posters	all DS	8 + 15 December 2022 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Advanced Academic English Conference Skills	all DS	To be announced	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Advanced Academic English Writing Skills	Arts, Humanities and Law	5 October - 21 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	Social and Behavioural Sciences	4 October - 20 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	(Bioscience) Engineering	4 October - 20 December 2022 (ONLINE) 7 October - 23 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	Natural Sciences	To be announced	Communication (IS)
	Life Sciences and Medicine	3 October - 12 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
Effective Slides	all DS	8 + 15 November 2022 (ONLINE) 1 + 8 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
English Proficiency for Presentations	all DS	25 November - 16 December 2022 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher	all DS	23 + 30 June 2022	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
How to get published	all DS	3 + 10 October 2022 14 + 21 November 2022	Communication (IS) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Intercultural communication: Meet people, not cultures & practice communication styles	all DS	9 + 16 November 2022	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Intercultural competences: navigating foreign academic cultures	all DS	To be announced	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Let's Talk Science	all DS	5-7 July 2022	Communication (IS)
Popular scientific writing: reach readers outside of academic walls	all DS	To be announced	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR)
Presentation Skills	all DS	6 - 27 October 2022 (ON CAMPUS) 15 November - 6 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Science Figured Out	all DS	To be announced	Communication (IS)
Scientific Presentation Skills	all DS	7 + 14 September 2022	Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Show, don't tell: creating visuals about your research	all DS	18 + 25 October 2022 6 + 13 December 2022	Communication (IS)
Turning research data into powerful visuals	all DS	17 + 24 November + 1 December 2022	Communication (IS)
Writing Academic Papers	NS, LSM & BSE	To be announced	Communication (IS) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Writer Development Course	all DS	22 + 23 September + 7 November 2022 9 + 10 November + 9 December 2022	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	Doctoral School (DS)	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Communication Skills basic + follow-up Modules Conflict management + Negotiation skills	all DST	To be announced	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Female Brain Power	all DS	To be announced	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow to lead	all DS	20 + 21 September, 5 + 19 October + 9 November 2022	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow your network with purpose	all DS	12 + 14 October 2022	Personal effectiveness (PL) International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Grow your personal brand	all DS	28 October 2022	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Handling your fear of failure	all DS	1 + 8 September 2022	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Meeting skills	all DS	17 November 2022	Personal effectiveness (PL) Teamwork (IS)
Personal effectiveness	all DS	20 + 21 September 2022 15 + 16 November 2022 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 December 2022	Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Stress and resilience for researchers	all DS	To be announced	Personal effectiveness (PL)
What to know, see and do about burn-out	all DS	20 September 2022 20 October 2022	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	Doctoral School (DS)	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
An introduction to Engaged Learning for PhD students	all DS	To be announced	Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR)
Data manipulation, visualisation and analysis in Python	(Bioscience) Engineering and Natural Sciences	To be announced	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar)	all DS	March-October	Innovation & creativity (CT) Teamwork (IS) Career development (PR)
Faculty of Law and Criminology Research Training Program: how to conduct excellent research in law and criminology**	AHL: Faculty of Law and Criminology	AY 2021-2022	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS)
GDPR in research	all DS	To be announced	Research management (EX) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Next-level searching for scientific information	all DS	April, May, June, September, October and November 2022	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Research Data management: a practical course	(Bioscience) Engineering and Natural Sciences	To be announced	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
	Life Sciences & Medicine	To be announced	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
	Arts, Humanities & Law and Social & Behavioural Sciences	To be announced	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Speed Reading	all DS	14 + 21 October 2022 25 November + 2 December 2022	Critical and analytical skills (CT) 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}

^{Career management}

Subject / Course Title	Doctoral School (DS)	Academic Year 2022-2023/Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Applying for a post-PhD job	all DS	August - September 2022 (ONLINE) 18 November - 2 December 2022 (ONLINE)	Personal effectiveness, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Bounce! Working with confidence, slip-ups, stress and resilience	all DS	22 + 23 September 2022	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Creative thinking	all DS	17 + 18 November 2022	Critical & analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
From PhD to SME 2022: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA***	all DS	From Feb 2022 to Nov 2022	Career development (PL)
From the definition of a realistic career plan to an effective job search strategy	all DS	23 + 30 November + 14 December 2022	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
FWO Postdoc Grant Writing Course	all DS	September-November 2022	Specialised knowledge (EX) Project management (CT) Career development (PL)
Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers 2022	all DS	To be announced	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
Knowledge for growth Code kfg22FP for PhD's	all DS	To be announced	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
PhD Innovation Café	all DS	17 May 2022	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Preparing for an international career	all DS	To be announced	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR)
Project management	all DS	To be announced	Project management (CT) Informal leadership (PL) Communication (IS)
Your career after your PhD	all DS	To be announced	Informal leadership, Career development (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
FLAMES Summer School	5-16 September 2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
M6: Leverage your R skills: data wrangling & plotting with tidyverse	January 25 and 27, 2022, 1.30 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
M9: Getting started with NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis	February 10, 2022, 9 am	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
M10: Dynamic report generation with R markdown	February 11, 2022, from 9 am	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
M13: Upgrade your Python skills: data wrangling & plotting	March 7, 10, 14, 17 and 24, 2022, 5.30 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
M15: Mastering R skills: selected topics for successful programming	April 4, 7, 11 and 14, 2022, 5.30 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
M17: building interactive apps with Shiny© in R	April 19 and 26, May 3, 10 and 17, 2022, 5.30 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Tutor LISa-teams 2022	19, 20 & 21 April 2022	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, HoGent & Artevelde Hogeschool	Organiser	Research & Valorization
Courses & training in AI	2021-2022	Flemish AI Academy (VAIA)	Organiser	Research & Valorization (if minimum conditions are met & AfR is approved)
Knowledge Transfer skills for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts	2021-2022	Ghent University, Technology Transfer	Organiser	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Technology Transfer skills	2021-2022	Ghent University, Technology Transfer	Organiser	Research & Valorization
Dare to Venture	2021-2022	Ghent University	OASIS course code E076460	Leadership & Personal efficiency
Co-supervise the "Climate Neutral City Mission," a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course	2021-2022	UGent, ENLIGHT	Organiser	Career management
Co-supervise the Global Engagement Module, a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course	2021-2022	UGent, ENLIGHT	Organiser	Career management
Dare to Start	2021-2022	Ghent University	OASIS course code E076470	Career management
Online Onderwijstraject voor Assistenten (in Dutch)	2021-2022	Office for Educational Quality Control	Search for the course title in the UTOP course catalogue.	Career management
Seminaries Onderwijskunde (in Dutch)	2021-2022	UGent, HoGent, Arteveldehogeschool, Howest	Organiser	Career management (attend at least 3 seminars; note that the annual Onderwijsdag also counts as a seminar)
Strategies in qualitative data-analysis from a grounded theory perspective	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Ethnographic research	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Literature Reviews with NVivo	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
A Practical Introduction to Data Science	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Qualitative Comparative Analysis	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Narrative analysis	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
From the field to the headquarters: Doing ethnography in centres of power	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Design and Analysis of Observational Studies	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Statistical Modeling Using R	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to R	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Strategies in qualitative data-analysis from a Grounded Theory perspective	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Photovoice: the use of participatory photography in qualitative research	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Intervision session for advanced PhD students	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to databases for young Researchers	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Writing up your findings: the principles of getting your work published - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Communication skills
Introduction to Python for statistical data analysis - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Theory and Practice of Questionnaire Construction and Analysis - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis with R - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Interviews (basic) - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
SPSS for beginners	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Creative with interviews - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Global classroom arts-based research - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Method in Research Design - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Exploratory data analysis with R - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Method in Data Collection - ONLINE	2021-2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization

Related information

Structure of the Ghent University Doctoral Training Programme
Registration, recognition and funding procedures