Transferable Skills Seminars

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

Communication skills

Subject / Course Title	Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Academic Posters	3 and 10 December 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Advanced Academic English Conference Skills	13 February until 7 May 2024 (ONLINE)	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Advanced Academic English Writing Skills	First and second semester Academic Year 2024-2025	Communication (IS)
Effective Slides	17 and 24 October 2024 (ONLINE) 5 and 12 December 2024 (ONLINE)	Communication (IS)
English Proficiency for Presentations	3 until 24 October 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher	27 May and 3 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
How to get published	19 and 26 September 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 14 and 21 November 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Intercultural communication: Meet people, not cultures & practice communication styles	1 and 8 February 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Intercultural competences: navigating foreign academic cultures	27 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Popular scientific writing: reach readers outside of academic walls	15 and 22 April 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Community engagement (PR)
Let's talk science	2-4 July 2024	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS)
Presentation Skills	3 until 24 October 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 22 November until 13 December 2024 (ONLINE)	Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Scientific Presentation Skills	10 and 17 December 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Creating scientific visuals	8 and 15 November 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Turning research data into powerful visuals	6, 13 and 20 December 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS)
Writing Academic papers	Fall 2024	Communication (IS)
Writer Development Course	12 and 13 September and 4 November 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 16 and 18 October and 5 November 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal Effectiveness (PL) Communication (IS)
Study week Mathematics for Industry 2024 _{This course counts as two Transferable Skills Seminars: cluster "Communication Skills" and "Research and Valorization"}	9-13 September 2024	Communication (IS) Critical and analytical skills (CT)

^{*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	Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Building a positive communication culture	Dates 2024 to be announced	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Negotiation skills	13 November and 4 December 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Conflict management	9 and 16 December 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL) Communication, Teamwork (IS)
Female Brain Power	17 and 18 April 2023 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow to lead	7, 8 and 25 October, 5 and 20 November 2024	Informal leadership, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Grow your network: from the perfect pitch to lasting relations	9 and 23 October 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL) International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
Grow your personal brand	4 October 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Informal leadership, Career development, Personal effectiveness (PL)
Handling your fear of failure	3 and 10 October 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 14 and 21 November 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Meeting skills	16 September 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL) Teamwork (IS)
Personal effectiveness	October 2024 (ONLINE) November 2024 (ONLINE) January 2025 (ONLINE)	Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Stress and resilience for researchers	20 November and 12 December 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
What does it mean to be a researcher in 21^st century academia	Dates 2024 to be announced	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	Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Data manipulation, visualisation and analysis in Python	29 and 31 January and 2 February 2024	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
EEG Methods seminar series	19 October 2023 & 31 May 2024	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
Faculty of Law and Criminology Research Training Program: how to conduct excellent research in law and criminology**	Each academic year	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS)
Methodological aspects of research and societal outreach in public health and primary care	October 2023- June 2024	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR) Communication (IS)
Research methods on hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations	21 and 28 February 2024	Research management (EX) Ethics and integrity (PR)
GDPR in research	16 October 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Research management (EX) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Comon Make-a-Ton. From theory to product, using design thinking and rapid prototyping in transdisciplinary teams	2-5 April 2024	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Next-level searching for scientific information	April- December 2023	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
Research Data management: a practical course	November 2024	Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Speed Reading	15 and 29 October 2024 (AM) 15 and 29 October 2024 (PM) 13 and 27 November 2024 (AM) 13 and 27 November 2024 (PM) (ALL ON CAMPUS)	Critical and analytical skills (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
LISa-team tutor	March - April 2024	Communication (IS) Research management (EX) Project management (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
A starter’s guide to socio-economic impact of research	21 and 28 November 2024 (ON CAMPUS)	Communication (IS) Research management (EX) Ethics and integrity (PR)
Map making for linguists in QGIS ^{* You have to participate in both the Basic Skills and Advanced Skills programme if you want to add this course as a specialist course to your curriculum. If you want to add it as a transferable skills seminar, then you only participate in the Basic skills programme.}	21 or 22-23 May 2024	Research management (EX)
PhD Day 2024 of the Belgian Mathematical Society	24 May 2024	Communication (IS)
Science for Policy Training	28 May and 13 June 2024	Communication (IS)
Engaged Learning: Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions	10 and 17 June 2024	Communication, Teamwork, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS)
How to evaluate and review scientific papers in health sciences research?	Second semester 2024	Critical and analytical skills (CT) Communication (IS)
Design of experiments (DOE)	Q3 2024 (August/September)	Critical and analytical skills (CT)
Study week Mathematics for Industry 2024 _{This course counts as two Transferable Skills Seminars: cluster "Communication Skills" and "Research and Valorization"}	9-13 September 2024	Communication (IS) Critical and analytical skills (CT)

^{*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	Dates	Competencies as defined in the competency matrix for PhD students*
Applying for a post-PhD job	11 - 25 June 2024 (ON CAMPUS) 21 August - 4 September 2024 (ONLINE) 28 November - 12 December 2024	Personal effectiveness, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Expedition DO! (counts as specialist course + 1 transferable skills seminar)	March - October 2023	Innovation & creativity (CT) Teamwork (IS) Career development (PR)
Dealing with challenges, setbacks and confidence	21 and 23-25 October 2024 (ONLINE) 10 and 11-13 December 2024 (ONLINE)	Personal effectiveness (PL)
Creative thinking	5-8 November 2024 (ONLINE)	Critical & analytical skills, Innovation & creativity (CT) Personal effectiveness (PL)
From PhD to SME: a 1-year leadership programme developed by VOKA***	From March 2024 to November 2024	Career development (PL)
From the definition of a realistic career plan to an effective job search strategy	Dates 2024 to be announced	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
FWO Postdoc Grant Writing	October and November 2024	Specialised knowledge (EX) Project management (CT) Career development (PL)
Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers	February-March 2024	Informal leadership, Career development (PL)
Job Shadowing for PhD candidates and postdocs	Dates 2024 to be announced	Career development (PL)
Knowledge for growth	15-16 May 2024	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Interactive Career Day Life Sciences @ Johnson & Johnson	22 May 2024	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
PhD Innovation Café	February - May 2024	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication (IS)
Preparing for an international career	10 and 11 October 2024	Informal leadership, Career development (PL) Communication, International & cross-cultural mindset (IS) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR)
Making it count: a field guide for exploring (post-)PhD life with a doctorate in the Humanities	19 February 2024	Career development (PL)
Project management	14 and 21 October, 18 November and 2 December 2024	Project management (CT) Informal leadership (PL) Communication (IS)
Belgian Service Research Day – 10th edition: Paving the Way for a Journey as Service Scholar	19 April 2024	Career development (PL) Ethics and integrity, Community engagement (PR) Personal effectiveness (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)	2023-2024	VLIR	Ufora course	Research & Valorization
Scientific writing and publishing	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Effective collaboration in research	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Career Management
Managing research data	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research and Valorization
Narrative tools for researchers	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Persuasive Grant Writing	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Career Management
Networking for researchers	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Leadership and personal efficiency
Advancing Your Scientific Presentations	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Communication skills
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Focus on peer review	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Writing a research paper	2023-2024	Nature Masterclasses	organizer	Research & Valorization
Knowledge to Connect	2023-2024	KCGG	KCGG	Research & Valorization
Module 1 - Inleiding tot SPSS (Dutch)	2023-2024	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 2 - Getting Started with R Software for Data Analysis	2023-2024	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Module 9 - Getting Started with NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis	2023-2024	IPVW (ICES)	IPVW (ICES)	Research & Valorization
Co-supervise the Global Engagement Module, a challenge-based, interdisciplinary ENLIGHT course	2023-2024	UGent, ENLIGHT	Organiser	Career Management
Courses & training in AI	2023-2024	Flemish AI Academy (VAIA)	Organiser	Research & Valorization (if minimum conditions are met & AfR is approved)
Online Onderwijstraject voor Assistenten (in Dutch)	2023-2024	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)	2023-2024	Office for Educational Quality Control	Search for the course title in the UTOP course catalogue.	Career management
Flames Summer School _{This summer school counts as one Transferable Skills Seminar, irrespective of the number of modules that were followed.}	9-20 September 2024	FLAMES	Organiser	Research & Valorization
SPSS for Beginners	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Essentials of Qualitative Research Design - ONLINE	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to R	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Statistical modeling using R	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Quality assessment in qualitative research	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Python for statistical data analysis	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Basic concepts of clustering techniques for data science	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Introduction to Graphics using R	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Data wrangling & tidying with Tidyverse - online	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Photovoice: the use of participatory photography in qualitative research - online	2023-2024	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Module 6 - Leverage your R Skills: Data Wrangling & Plotting with Tidyverse	December 18, 19 & 21, 2023, from 1 pm to 4 pm.	IPVW	IPVW	Research & Valorization
Process and evaluation studies	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Intervision session for advanced PhD students	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
De-identification and anonymisation of personal data	2022-2023	FLAMES	FLAMES	Research & Valorization
Intervision session for starting PhD students (qualitative research)	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
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
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
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
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

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Structure of the Ghent University Doctoral Training Programme
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