Transferable Skills Seminars

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

Communication skills

Subject / Course Title	Doctoral School (DS)	Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Academic Posters	all DS	- 23 March 2023 + 30 March 2023 (ONLINE) - 5 May 2023 + 12 May 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Advanced Academic English Conference Skills	all DS	13 February 2023 - 15 May 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Advanced Academic English Writing Skills	Arts, Humanities and Law	16 February 2023 - 11 May 2023 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	Social and Behavioural Sciences	13 February 2023 - 15 May 2023 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	(Bioscience) Engineering	13 February 2023 - 15 May 2023 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	Natural Sciences	15 February 2023 - 10 May 2023 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
	Life Sciences and Medicine	15 February 2023 - 10 May 2023 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
Effective Slides	all DS	- 27 April 2023 + 04 May 2023 (ONLINE) - 05 May 2023 +12 May 2023 (ONLINE	Communication (IS)
English Proficiency for Presentations	all DS	7 March 2023- 28 March 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher	all DS	15 and 22 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
How to get published	all DS	13 and 20 March 2023 8 and 15 May 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Intercultural communication: Meet people, not cultures & practice communication styles	all DS	2023 dates to be announced (Fall)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Intercultural competences: navigating foreign academic cultures	all DS	16 February 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Let's Talk Science	all DS	To be announced	Communication (IS)
Popular scientific writing: reach readers outside of academic walls	all DS	2 and 9 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR)
Presentation Skills	all DS	- 19 April 2023 -10 May 2023 (ONLINE) - 1 June 2023 - 22 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Science Figured Out	all DS	2023 dates to be announced	Communication (IS)
Scientific Presentation Skills	all DS	8 and 15 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Show, don't tell: creating visuals about your research	all DS	21 and 28 March 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Turning research data into powerful visuals	all DS	27 April 2023 + 4 and 11 May 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Writing Academic Papers	NS, LSM & BSE	First semester, 2023-2024 (dates to be announced)	Communication (IS) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Writer Development Course	all DS	6+7 February 2023 and 13 March 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 6+7+31 March 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	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*
Building a positive communication culture	all DS	First semester, 2023-2024 (dates to be announced)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Negotiation skills	all DS	8 and 29 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Conflict management	all DS	16/5 + 8/6 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Female Brain Power	all DS	17 and 18 April 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow to lead	all DS	13+14 February, 2+16 March and 20 April 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow your network: from the perfect pitch to lasting relations	all DS	6 and 16 February 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL) International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Grow your personal brand	all DS	31/01/2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Handling your fear of failure	all DS	23 and 30 March 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Meeting skills	all DS	26 April 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL) Teamwork (IS)
Personal effectiveness	all DS	6 + 7 + 9 and 10 March 2023 (ONLINE) 12 and 15 May (ON CAMPUS) 19 until 22 June 2023 (ONLINE)	Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Stress and resilience for researchers	all DS	28 February and 28 March 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 23 May and 20 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
What does it mean to be a researcher in 21^st century academia	all DS	5, 11 and 12 May 2023	Career development, 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*
Data manipulation, visualisation and analysis in Python	(Bioscience) Engineering and Natural Sciences	On Campus, 5+12+19 December 2022	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar)	all DS	March - October 2023	Innovation & creativity (CT) Teamwork (IS) Career development (PR)
EEG Methods seminar series	all DS except (Bioscience) Engineering	From 25 November 2022 to 12 May 2023	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
Faculty of Law and Criminology Research Training Program: how to conduct excellent research in law and criminology**	AHL: Faculty of Law and Criminology	AY 2022-2023	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- December 2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Research Data management: a practical course	all DS	February 2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Speed Reading	all DS	- 17 and 24 February 2023 (AM) - 17 and 24 February 2023 (PM) - 5 and 12 May 2023 (AM) - 5 and 12 May 2023 (PM)	Critical and analytical skills (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
LISa-team tutor	LSM	March - April 2023	Communication (IS) Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Let's talk science	All	4 - 6 July 2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS)

^{*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	17 May 2023 -31 May 2023 (ONLINE) 13 June 2023 - 27 June 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 21 August 2023 - 4 September 2023 (ONLINE)	Personal effectiveness, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Bounce! Working with confidence, slip-ups, stress and resilience	all DS	16+17 February 2023 (ON CAMPUS) 27+28+30+31 March 2023 (ONLINE)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Creative thinking	all DS	6, 7, 9 and 10 March 2023 (ONLINE) 10 and 11 May 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Critical & analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
From PhD to SME 2023: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA***	all DS	From March 2023 to November 2023	Career development (PL)
From the definition of a realistic career plan to an effective job search strategy	all DS	First semester, 2023-2024 (dates to be announced)	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
FWO Postdoc Grant Writing Course	all DS	First semester, 2023-2024 (dates to be announced)	Specialised knowledge (EX) Project management (CT) Career development (PL)
Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers	all DS	February-March 2023	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
Knowledge for growth	all DS	1 June 2023	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
PhD Innovation Café	all DS	March - May 2023	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Preparing for an international career	all DS	5 and 6 June 2023	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR)
Project management	all DS	April - May 2023 May - July 2023	Project management (CT) Informal leadership (PL) Communication (IS)
Making it count: a field guide for exploring (post-)PhD life with a doctorate in the Humanities	AHL NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS	13 June 2023	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
Mind the GAP - submit your certificate of completion through our application for recognition (AfR)	AY 2022-2023	VLIR	Ufora course	Research & Valorization
Binary logistic regression model for binary outcomes	November 23 and 25, 2022	Cel Biostatistiek - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	organizer	Research & Valorization
Poisson and negative binomial regression models for counts and rat	November 30 and December 2, 2022	Cel Biostatistiek - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	organizer	Research & Valorization
Survival analysis for time-to-event outcomes	December 7 and 9, 2023	Cel Biostatistiek - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	organizer	Research & Valorization
Data management and data transformations in SPSS	TBA	Cel Biostatistiek - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	organizer	Research & Valorization
Principles of hypothesis testing	TBA	Cel Biostatistiek - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	organizer	Research & Valorization
Advanced tips and tricks in SPSS	February 17 and 21, 2023	Cel Biostatistiek - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	organizer	Research & Valorization
Scientific writing and publishing	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Effective collaboration in research	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Career Management
Managing research data	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research and Valorization
Narrative tools for researchers	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Persuasive Grant Writing	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Career Management
Networking for researchers	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Leadership and personal efficiency
Advancing Your Scientific Presentations	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Focus on peer review	AY 2022-2023	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Leadership and personal efficiency
FLAMES Summer School	5-16 September 2022	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Module 1 - Getting Started with R Software for Data Analysis	October 24, 27 & 31, November 3, 2022, from 5.30 pm to 9 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 6 - Getting Started with NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis	February 2, 2023, from 9 am to 12.45 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 7 - Leverage your R Skills: Data Wrangling & Plotting with Tidyverse	February 6, 7 & 9, 2023, from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 8 - Dynamic Report Generation with R Markdown	February 10, 2023, from 9 to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 4 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 10 - Mastering R Skills: Selected Topics for Successful Programming	April 3, 6, 11 and 13, 2023, from 5.30 pm tot 9 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 15 - Time-to-Event Analysis (Survival) with applications to Health sciences and Industry	May 22 and May 23, 2023, from 9 am to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 4 pm	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Co-supervise the Global Engagement Module, a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course	2022-2023	UGent, ENLIGHT	Organiser	Career Management
Courses & training in AI	2022-2023	Flemish AI Academy (VAIA)	Organiser	Research & Valorization (if minimum conditions are met & AfR is approved)
Knowledge Transfer skills for Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts	2022-2023	Ghent University, Technology Transfer	Organiser	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Technology Transfer skills	2022-2023	Ghent University, Technology Transfer	Organiser	Research & Valorization
Dare to Venture	2022-2023	Ghent University	OASIS course code E076460	Leadership & Personal efficiency
Co-supervise the Global Engagement Module, a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course	2021-2022	UGent, ENLIGHT	Organiser	Career management
Dare to Start	2022-2023	Ghent University	OASIS course code E076470	Career management
Online Onderwijstraject voor Assistenten (in Dutch)	2022-2023	Office for Educational Quality Control	Search for the course title in the UTOP course catalogue.	Career management
Online Learning Track for Assistants (OLTA) (in English)	2022-2023	Office for Educational Quality Control	Search for the course title in the UTOP course catalogue.	Career management
Seminaries Onderwijskunde (in Dutch)	2022-2023	UGent, HoGent, Arteveldehogeschool, Howest	Organiser	Career management (attend at least 3 seminars; note that the annual Onderwijsdag also counts as a seminar)
Intervision session for starting PhD students (qualitative research) – ON CAMPUS	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to R	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
De-identification and anonymisation of personal data	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Statistical modeling using R	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Process and evaluation studies	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Intervision session for advanced PhD students	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Design and Analysis of Observational Studies	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Developing interview questions and basic interview skills	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Digital ethnography	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Data visualization with R Shiny	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Quality assessment in qualitative research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
An introduction to writing qualitative research papers for publication in academic journals	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Critical Discourse Analysis	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Causality in qualitative research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Communication skills
Basic concepts of clustering techniques for data science	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Interviews (basic)	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Creative with interviews	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Global classroom arts-based research	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to statistical data analysis	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Exploratory data analysis R - online	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Focus Groups (online)	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Graphics using R	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Data wrangling & tidying with Tidyverse - online	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Photovoice: the use of participatory photography in qualitative research - online	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Writing up your findings – the principles of getting your work published	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to JMP	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Missing data methods	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Focus Groups	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Data Wrangling and Visualisation with R Tidyverse-On Campus	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Python for statistical data analysis	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Graphics in R - on campus	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Ethnographic research and observational methods - ONLINE	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Big Data Processing - Online	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Digital ethnography	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization

Related information

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