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 |
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Advanced Academic English Writing Skills |
Arts, Humanities and Law |
6 October to 15 December 2021 17 February to 5 May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| Social and Behavioural Sciences |
7 October to 23 December 2021 15 February to 3 May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| (Bioscience) Engineering |
5 October to 14 December 2021 or 7 October to 23 December 2021 14 February to 9 May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Natural Sciences |
16 February to 4 May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| Life Sciences and Medicine |
4 October to 12 December 2021 16 February to 4 May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| all DS |
12 October to 21 December 2021 14 February to 9 May 2022 (ONLINE) 15 February to 3 May 2022 (ON CAMPUS) (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
| all DS |
7 to 28 October or 16 November to 7 December 2021 23 March to 27 April 2022 (ONLINE) 12 May to 9 June 2022 (ON CAMPUS) (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
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English Proficiency for Presentations
|
all DS |
19 november to 10 December 2021 (ONLINE) 8 to 29 March 2022 (ON CAMPUS) (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| all DS |
9 and 16 November 2021 2 and 9 December 2021 21 and 28 April 2022 6 and 13 May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT | |
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all DS |
9 and 16 December 2021 (ONLINE) 24 and 31 March 2022 (ONLINE) 13 and 20 May 2022 (ON CAMPUS) (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral School & UCT |
| How to get published | all DS |
Oct-Nov 2021 February - April - May 2022 (*rec.) |
Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Dr. Anton Froeyman |
| 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) | |
| NS, LSM & BSE | 27 Sept - 22 Dec 2021 | Communication skills | Dr. Danny Haelewaters & Doctoral Schools | |
| all DS |
2 + 21 December 2021 20+27 April 2022 |
Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & The Works! | |
| all DS | 9 & 10 December 2021 + 17 January 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Dr. Sarah Haas | |
| all DS | 31 January & 1 February + 28 February 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Dr. Sarah Haas | |
| all DS | 3 + 10 + 17 February 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Baryon Design | |
| all DS | 19 + 26 April 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Baryon Design | |
| all DS | 5 May 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Josie Dixon | |
| all DS | 6 May 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Josie Dixon | |
| all DS | 31 January + 7 February 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron | |
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Intercultural communication: Meet people, not cultures & practice communication styles |
all DS | 14 + 21 March 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
|
Popular scientific writing: reach readers outside of academic walls |
all DS | 5 + 12 May 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
|
Intercultural competences: navigating foreign academic cultures |
all DS | 3 June 2022 | Communication skills | Doctoral Schools & Ann De Ron |
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Communication Skills basic + follow-up Modules Conflict management + Negotiation skills |
all DS |
Sept-Dec 2021 March-June 2022 (*rec.) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & True Colours |
| Meeting skills | all DS | 1 December 2021 | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & The Works! |
| all DS |
October-November-December 2021 (*rec.) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs | |
| all DS |
January-March-May-June 2022 (*rec.) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald | |
| all DS | 26 October + 23 November 2021 | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & HR Learning and Development Unit of KU L | |
| all DS | 2 + 10 December 2021 | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Trustpunt | |
| all DS | 13 + 14 December 2021 | Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Dr. Karolien Notebaert | |
| all DS |
September - October - December 2021 (*rec.) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Dan Steer | |
| all DS |
February - March 2022 March - May 2022 (*rec) |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel | |
| all DS |
5 May 2022 |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel | |
| all DS |
6 + 11 May 2022 |
Leadership & Personal efficiency | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel | |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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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 |
| all DS | To be announced | Research & Valorization | Ghent University, Department of Adm Aff – Data Protection | |
| Fostering Responsible Conduct of Research | all DS | Course is being redesigned, no sessions planned for the time being | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools |
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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 |
| Research Data management: a practical course | (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 | |
| all DS |
Oct-Nov 2021 Feb & May 2022 (*rec.) |
Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Bernard Lernout | |
| all DS | Nov-Dec 2021 | Research & Valorization | Doctoral Schools & Principiae (Jl Doumont) | |
| 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 |
| all DS |
October - November - December 2021 (*rec.) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Tom Jacobs | |
| all DS | October or November, one course/DS | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Julia Staykova (Scriptorium) | |
| all DS |
25 + 26 November 2021 (*rec.) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) | |
| all DS |
30 November + 1 + 7 December 2021 (*rec.) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Grow2Excel | |
| all DS |
Nov 2021 (ONLINE) May 2022 (ON CAMPUS) June 2022 (ONLINE) (*rec.) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & UCT | |
| all DS | 13 December 2021 | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Els Deboutte (Make me Fly!) | |
| all DS |
January - June 2022 (*rec) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & True Colours | |
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Bounce! Working with confidence, slip-ups, stress and resilience |
all DS |
15+16+17+18 February 2022 (ONLINE) 22+23 March 2022 (ON CAMPUS) (*rec) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
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From the definition of a realistic career plan to an effective job search strategy |
all DS | 17+18+25 February 2022 | Career management | Doctoral Schools & Adoc Talent management |
| all DS |
14+15+16+21 March 2022 (AM - ONLINE) 17+18 May 2022 (ON-CAMPUS) (*rec) |
Career management | Doctoral Schools & Jamie McDonald (UK) |
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 |
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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 |
| February 11, 2022, from 9 am | IPVW (ICES) |
IPVW (ICES) |
Research & Valorization | |
| 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 |
| April 19 and 26, May 3, 10 and 17, 2022, 5.30 pm | IPVW (ICES) |
IPVW (ICES) |
Research & Valorization | |
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Knowledge for Growth edition 2021 for PhD members of Life Sciences & Med, (Bioscience)Engineering and Natural Sciences |
27-29 September 2021 | 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 |
| Co-supervise a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course | 2021-2022 | UGent, ENLIGHT | 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) |
Related information
- Structure of the Ghent University Doctoral Training Programme
- Registration, recognition and funding procedures