Transferable Skills Seminars
Seminars in Transferable Skills
| Subject / Course Title |
Doctoral School (DS) |
Academic Year 2020-2021/Dates (*rec. = recurring each semester) |
Cluster | Organiser |
|
Advanced Academic English Writing Skills (10x2 hrs) ONLINE |
Arts, Humanities and Law |
11 Feb to 29 Apr 2021 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Social and Behavioural Sciences | 9 Feb to 27 Apr 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| (Bioscience) Engineering | 8 Feb to 26 Apr 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Natural Sciences | 10 Feb to 28 Apr 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Life Sciences and Medicine | 10 Feb to 26 Apr 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
|
Advanced Academic English Conference Skills (10x2 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 8 or 9 Feb to 26 or 27 Apr 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
(4x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 26 March to 30 Apr or 31 May to 21 June 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
English Proficiency for Presentations (4x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | to be announced (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
(2x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 26 March to 2 Apr or 29 Apr to 6 May 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
|
(2x3 hrs) ONLINE |
all DS | 25 March to 1 Apr or 20 to 27 May 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| How to get published | all DS | 22 March to 2 April 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Anton Froeyman |
| Science Communication ONLINE: Writing for non-specialists and press | all DS | 22 Apr to 7 May, 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
| all DS | May-June 2021 (*rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & The Floor is Yours | |
|
How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher ONLINE |
all DS | 17+18 June (AM) + 25 June (PM), 2021 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
| all DS | to be announced | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) | |
|
Communication Skills basic + follow-up Modules Conflict management + Negotiation skills ONLINE |
all DS | March to May 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 | May-June 2021 (*rec.) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs |
|
NEW !! |
all DS | 27 April (AM) + 25 May (AM) 2021 | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & HR Learning and Development Unit of KU L |
|
Leadership Foundation Course ONLINE |
all DS | May or June 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 until Dec 2021 |
Communication skills + Leadership & Personal efficiency + Career management | Doctoral Schools & VOKA |
|
NEW !! |
all DS |
26 May + 4 + 9 June 2021 (3x2 hrs) |
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 until 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 |
| Qualitative Research Seminars | all DS | AY 2020-2021 | Research & Valorization | FLAMES |
| Research Data management: a practical course ONLINE | Arts, Humanities & Law |
to be announced (*rec.) |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent |
| Social & Behavioural Sciences and Life Sciences & Medicine |
to be announced (*rec.) |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| (Bioscience) Engineering and Natural Sciences |
to be announced (*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 | to be announced (*rec.) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Bernard Lernout |
|
Effective Graphical Displays REMOTE |
all DS | 10 + 31 March 2021 | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) |
|
GDPR in research ONLINE |
all DS | to be announced | Research & Valorization | Ghent University, Department of Adm Aff – Data Protection |
| Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers 2021 | all DS | from Mon 29 March through to Wed 31 March 2021 | Career management | UGent, KU Leuven, VUB, UAntwerpen and UHasselt |
|
PhD Innovation Café 2021 (3rd edition) |
all DS |
Tuesday 18 May 2021 Application deadline: April 2, 2021, 11.59PM |
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 2021) |
all DS | from 22 April to 7 May 2021 | Career management | Ghent University, Faculty of Arts & Philosophy, UA & VUB |
|
Grow your future career ONLINE |
all DS | to be announced (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel |
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Project management ONLINE |
all DS | June 2021(*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs |
|
Creative thinking ONLINE |
all DS | 6 May(all day) +7 May (AM) 2021 (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
|
Resilience, research and zen ONLINE |
all DS | to be announced (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
| all DS | 25+26 May 2021 (AM) (*rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) | |
|
Applying for a post-PhD job ONLINE |
all DS | May-June-Aug 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 |
|
FLAMES Summer School 2021 (20 modules) |
From 6 to 17 September 2021 | FLAMES@Hasselt University |
Registrations open on 26 April 2021 |
each module = 1 transferable skills seminar cluster Research & Valorization |
| 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