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 2021-2022/Dates (rec. = recurring each semester)**	Cluster	Organiser
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
Presentation Skills (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
Effective Slides (2x3 hrs) ONLINE	all DS	9 and 16 November or 2 and 9 December 2021 (*rec.)	Communication skills	Doctoral School & UCT
Academic Posters (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 & Dr. 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
Science Figured Out	all DS	2022 to be announced (*rec.)	Communication skills	Doctoral Schools & The Floor is Yours
Effective Scientific Communication REMOTE	all DS	Oct-Nov 2021	Communication skills	Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont)
Writing Academic Papers	NS, LSM & BSE	27 Sept - 22 Dec 2021	Communication skills	Dr. Danny Haelewaters & Doctoral Schools
Scientific Presentation Skills	all DS	2 + 21 December 2021 20+27 April 2022	Communication skills	Doctoral Schools & The Works!
Writer Development Course	all DS	9 & 10 December 2021 + 17 January 2022	Communication skills	Doctoral Schools & Dr. Sarah Haas
Creating Sustainable Writing Groups	all DS	31 January & 1 February + 28 February 2022	Communication skills	Doctoral Schools & Dr. Sarah Haas
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	1 December 2021	Leadership & Personal efficiency	Doctoral Schools & The Works!
Personal effectiveness ONLINE	all DS	October-November-December 2021 (*rec.)	Leadership & Personal efficiency	Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs
Stress and resilience for researchers	all DS	26 October + 23 November	Leadership & Personal efficiency	Doctoral Schools & HR Learning and Development Unit of KU L
Handling your fear of failure	all DS	2 & 12 December 2021	Leadership & Personal efficiency	Doctoral Schools & Trustpunt
Female Brain Power	all DS	13-14 December	Leadership & Personal efficiency	Doctoral Schools & Dr. Karolien Notebaert
Leadership Foundation Course ONLINE	all DS	September - October - December 2021 (*rec.)	Leadership & Personal efficiency	Doctoral Schools & Dan Steer
From PhD to SME 2022: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA	all DS	From Feb 2022 to Nov 2022	Communication skills + Leadership & Personal efficiency + Career management	Doctoral Schools & VOKA
An introduction to Engaged Learning for PhD students	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
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 Feb & May 2022 (*rec.)	Research & Valorization	Doctoral Schools & Bernard Lernout
Effective Graphical Displays REMOTE	all DS	Nov-Dec 2021	Research & Valorization	Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont)
GDPR in research	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	30 November + 1 + 7 December 2021 (*rec.)	Career management	Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel
Project management ONLINE	all DS	October - November - December 2021 (*rec.)	Career management	Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs
Creative thinking ONLINE	all DS	21-23 September 2021 (*rec.)	Career management	Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK)
Resilience, research and zen ONLINE	all DS	4-5 October + 3-8 November 2021 (*rec)	Career management	Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK)
Working with nerves and developing assertiveness ONLINE	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
FWO Postdoc Grant Writing Course	all DS	October or November, one course/DS	Career management	Doctoral Schools & Julia Staykova (Scriptorium)
Your career after your PhD	all DS	13 December 2021	Career management	Doctoral Schools & Els Deboutte (Make me Fly!)

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
M1: Getting started with R software for data analysis	October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2021, 5.30 pm (with reservation)	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	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 promgramming	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
Knowledge for Growth edition 2021 for PhD members of Life Sciences & Med, (Bioscience)Engineering and Natural Sciences	27-29 September 2021	Flanders Bio	Organiser	Career management
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
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)
Co-supervise a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course	2021-2022	UGent, ENLIGHT	Organiser	Career management

Related information

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