Transferable Skills Overview all Doctoral Schools
Seminars in transferable skills
| Subject / Course Title |
Doctoral School |
Academic Year/Dates |
Cluster | Organiser |
| Advanced Academic English Writing Skills | Arts, Humanities and Law | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Social and Behavioural Sciences | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| (Bioscience) Engineering | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Natural Sciences | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Life Sciences and Medicine | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Advanced Academic English Conference Skills | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Presentation Skills | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| English Proficiency for Presentations | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Effective Slides | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Academic Posters | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| How to get published | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Anton Froeyman |
| Schrijven voor niet-vakgenoten en pers | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
| Effective Scientific Communication | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) |
| Creating effective research posters | all Doctoral Schools | Tue 8 December 2020 from 14h00 - 16h00 | Communication skills | Jean-luc Doumont (Principiae) |
| Communication Skills basic + follow-up Modules Conflict management + Negotiation skills | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & True Colours |
| Meeting skills | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (to be announced) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Johan De Bruycker |
| Personal effectiveness | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs |
| Leadership Foundation Course | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Dan Steer |
|
From PhD to SME 2020: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA |
all Doctoral Schools | Feb 2020 until Dec 2020 |
Communication skills + Leadership & Personal efficiency + Career management | Doctoral Schools & VOKA |
|
Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar) |
all Doctoral Schools |
From March to October 2020 |
Research & Valorization | DOWA - Educational Quality assurance office - Department: DO! – Durf Ondernemen |
|
H-Impact (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar) |
all Doctoral Schools |
From 14 September to 7 December 2020 |
Research & Valorization | DOWA - Educational Quality assurance office - Department: DO! – Durf Ondernemen |
| Qualitative Research Seminars | all Doctoral Schools | Oct-Nov-Dec 2020 | Research & Valorization | FLAMES |
| Ideation: generating more creative ideas and impactful research ideas (4 sessions) | all Doctoral Schools | Nov 10 to Dec 4, 2020 | Research & Valorization + Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Academic Creativity Labs |
| Research Data management: a practical course | Arts, Humanities & Law |
3(PM) + 4(AM) December 2020 | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent |
| Social & Behavioural Sciences |
29 (PM) + 30 (AM) October 2020 | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| (Bioscience) Engineering |
4(PM) + 5(AM) November 2020 | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| Natural Sciences | 26(PM) + 27(PM) November | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| Life Sciences and Medicine |
1 (PM) + 2 (AM) December 2020 (FULL) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Data Stewards UGent | |
| Fostering Responsible Conduct of Research | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (to be announced) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools |
| Speed Reading | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Bernard Lernout |
| Effective Graphical Displays | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) |
| GDPR in research | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Research & Valorization | Ghent University, Department of Adm Aff – Data Protection |
| Networking for Researchers | all Doctoral Schools | Tue 17 November 2020 from 14h00 - 16h00 | Career management | Jean-luc Doumont (Principiae) |
| Grow your future career | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel |
| Project management | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs |
| Creative thinking | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
| Resilience, research and zen | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
| Working with nerves and developing assertiveness | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
| Applying for a post-PhD job | all Doctoral Schools | 2020-2021 (rec.) | Career management | Doctoral Schools & UCT |
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 |
|
Module 7: Introduction to NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis |
Feb 4, 2021 |
Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, ICES | Organiser | Research & Valorization |
| Knowlegde 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 |
| Basisassistententraining (in Dutch) | 2020-2021 | Office for Educational Quality Control | Organiser | Career management (attend at least 6 hours of training) |
| Seminaries Onderwijskunde (in Dutch) | 2020-2021 | UGent, HoGent, Arteveldehogeschool, Howest | Organiser | Career management (attend at least 5 seminars) |
Related information
- Structure of the Ghent University Doctoral Training Programme
- Registration, recognition and funding procedures