Transferable Skills Seminars
New dates courses University Language Centre (UCT) - see below.
Seminars in Transferable Skills (co-)organised by the Doctoral Schools
| Subject / Course Title |
Doctoral School (DS) |
Academic Year 2020-2021/Dates (*rec. = recurring each semester) |
Cluster | Organiser |
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Advanced Academic English Writing Skills (10x2 hrs) ONLINE |
Arts, Humanities and Law |
6 October to 15 December 2021 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Social and Behavioural Sciences | 7 October to 23 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| (Bioscience) Engineering | 5 October to 14 December 2021 or 7 October to 23 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Natural Sciences | To be announced (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Life Sciences and Medicine | 4 October to 12 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
|
Advanced Academic English Conference Skills (10x2 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 12 October to 21 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
(4x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 7 to 28 October or 16 November to 7 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
English Proficiency for Presentations (4x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 19 november to 10 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
(2x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 9 and 16 November or 2 and 9 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
(2x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 9 to 16 December 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| How to get published | all DS | Oct-Nov 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Anton Froeyman |
| Science Communication ONLINE: Writing for non-specialists and press | all DS | 2+3+10 December 2021 (am) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
| all DS | 2022 to be announced (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & The Floor is Yours | |
| all DS | Oct-Nov 2021 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) | |
|
Communication Skills basic + follow-up Modules Conflict management + Negotiation skills ONLINE |
all DS | Sept-Dec 2021 (*rec.) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & True Colours |
| Meeting skills | all DS | To be announced (*rec.) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Johan De Bruycker |
|
Personal effectiveness ONLINE |
all DS |
October-November-December 2021 (*rec.) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs |
| all DS | To be announced | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & HR Learning and Development Unit of KU L | |
|
Leadership Foundation Course ONLINE |
all DS |
September - October - December 2021 (*rec.) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Dan Steer |
|
From PhD to SME 2021: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA |
all DS | From Feb 2021 to Dec 2021 |
Communication skills + Leadership & Personal efficiency + Career management | Doctoral Schools & VOKA |
|
all DS |
To be announced |
Research & Valorization | Ghent University, Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law | |
| Digital Identity and Networking |
all DS |
To be announced |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Adoc Talent management |
|
Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar) |
all DS |
From March 2021 to October 2021 |
Research & Valorization | DOWA - Educational Quality assurance office - Department: DO! – Durf Ondernemen |
|
Digital Summer School on Science Communication 'Let's talk Science' edition 2021 |
all DS |
5-7 July 2021 |
Communication skills | Ghent University, Hasselt University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brusse |
|
H-Impact (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar) |
all DS |
To be announced |
Research & Valorization | DOWA - Educational Quality assurance office - Department: DO! – Durf Ondernemen |
| Research Data management: a practical course ONLINE | (Bioscience) Engineering and Natural Sciences |
13(pm) + 14 (am) October 2021(*rec.) |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent |
| Life Sciences & Medicine |
8(pm) + 9(am) November 2021(*rec.) |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| Arts, Humanities & Law and Social & Behavioural Sciences |
6(pm) + 7(am) December 2021(*rec.) |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| Fostering Responsible Conduct of Research | all DS | To be announced (*rec.) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools |
|
Speed Reading ONLINE |
all DS | Oct-Nov 2021 (*rec.) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Bernard Lernout |
|
Effective Graphical Displays REMOTE |
all DS | Nov-Dec 2021 | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) |
| all DS | To be announced | Research & Valorization | Ghent University, Department of Adm Aff – Data Protection | |
|
PhD Innovation Café 2021 (3rd edition) |
all DS |
To be announced |
Career management | Doctoral Schools and Ghent University PhD Community, Voka Oost-Vlaanderen, DO! |
|
What does it mean to be researcher in the 21st century academia (edition 2022) |
all DS | To be announced | Career management | Ghent University, Faculty of Arts & Philosophy, UA & VUB |
|
Grow your future career ONLINE |
all DS |
22-23 November + 7 December 2021 (*rec.) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel |
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Project management ONLINE |
all DS |
October - November - December 2021 (*rec.) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs |
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Creative thinking ONLINE |
all DS | 21-23 September 2021 (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
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Resilience, research and zen ONLINE |
all DS |
4-5 October + 3-8 November 2021 (*rec) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
| all DS | 25-26 November 2021 (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) | |
|
Applying for a post-PhD job ONLINE |
all DS | Aug-Nov 2021 (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & UCT |
| all DS | 22, 23, 24 + 27 September 2021 | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Food2Know |
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.
| Subject/Course title | Academic Year/Dates | Organiser | Registration | Cluster |
| 2021-2022 | IPVW (ICES) |
IPVW (ICES) |
Research & Valorization | |
|
FLAMES Summer School 2021 (20 modules) |
From 6 to 17 September 2021 | FLAMES@Hasselt University |
Registrations open on 26 April 2021 |
The summer school is generally recognized within category transferable skills seminars, cluster research & valorization (irrelevant of the number of modules followed but you need to follow at least 6 hours of this course) |
| Knowledge for Growth edition 2021 | 27-29 September 2021 |
for PhD members of Life Sciences & Med, (Bioscience)Engineering and Natural Sciences |
Career management | |
| Knowledge Transfer skills for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts | 2020-2021 | Ghent University, Technology Transfer | Organiser | Research & Valorization |
| Introduction to Technology Transfer skills | 2020-2021 | Ghent University, Technology Transfer | Organiser | Research & Valorization |
| Dare to Venture | 2020-2021 | Ghent University | OASIS course code E076460 | Leadership & Personal efficiency |
| Dare to Start | 2020-2021 | Ghent University | OASIS course code E076470 | Career management |
| Online Onderwijstraject voor Assistenten (in Dutch) | 2020-2021 | Office for Educational Quality Control | Organiser | Career management |
| Seminaries Onderwijskunde (in Dutch) | 2020-2021 | UGent, HoGent, Arteveldehogeschool, Howest | Organiser | Career management (attend at least 3 seminars) |
Related information
- Structure of the Ghent University Doctoral Training Programme
- Registration, recognition and funding procedures