Academic research competences - course offer (2021)

Below is an overview of the available training aimed at obtaining knowledge and skills which are specifically relevant in an academic context, open to PhD students and/or postdocs at Hasselt University in 2021.

As soon as all necessary information is available, you can click the activity title in the table below in order to get more details on content, learning outcomes, target group, registration and practical arrangements. The course details also include the competences from the UHasselt competency overview for PhD holders that are actively dealt with. The table below mentions the main competency cluster for each activity.

All activities are in English, unless explicitly mentioned otherwise.

Cancellation & no-show policy

Across disciplines

Title
For PhD students?
For postdocs?
Focus on ... competences
Date(s)

Academic talent development

x

effectiveness,
intellectual,
interpersonal

30/09 & 01/10/21

Basics of academic writing

x

academic research,
interpersonal,
effectiveness

18-19/03/21

Create scientific posters with impact

x

academic research,
interpersonal

26/05/21

Effective graphical displays

x

interpersonal,
academic research,
intellectual

23/11 & 03/12/21

Flanders' Training Network for Methodology and Statistics (FLAMES)

@UHasselt:

  1. Introduction to Python for statistical data analysis
  2. Introduction to JMP
  3. An introduction to the concepts of quantitative research
  4. Graphics in R
  5. Introduction to R
  6. Qualitative Comparative Analysis
  7. An introduction to big data processing

x

x

academic research

  1. 12, 16, 19, 23, 26/02/21
  2. 25/03/21
  3. 05/05/21
  4. 19-20/05/21
  5. 01, 02, 03, 08, 09/06/21
  6. 21/10/21
  7. 08, 09, 15/12/21

FLAMES summer school

x

x

academic research

06-17/09/21

Grant-writing skills for early-career researchers (focus on FWO fellowships)

x

x

academic research,
interpersonal,
task-orientedness

19/10/21
(26/10/21)
(27/10/21)
28/10/21

How to succeed in academic publishing, with visuals

x

x

academic research,
intellectual,
effectiveness

22/09 or 20/10/21

Interuniversity integrity event: Magic numbers - data, statistics and integrity

x

x

academic research

29/11/21

Interviewing skills for the FWO postdoctoral candidate

(x)

x

interpersonal,
effectiveness

06-08/04/21

Publication ethics: Where are the gaps and how can we address them

x

x

effectiveness,
intellectual,
academic research

Ed 1, 2, 3: 15 & 22/03/21
Ed 4: 16 & 23/03/21

VAIA (Flanders AI Academy)

x

x

academic research

see details

VSC courses

x

x

academic research

see details

Writing the FWO doctoral fellowship: Focus on the 10-page application form and the scoring grid

x

academic research

15/12/21

Research Data Management (RDM)

x

x

academic research

see details

In the context of this training, UHasselt will either process your personal data internally (internally organized training courses) or pass it on to the training office (external training courses). Your personal data will only be used for purposes related to the training courses for which you register (e.g., intake interview, sending course material, confirmation of your presence, practical agreements, ...). The processing of your personal data has its lawful basis in the legitimate interest of UHasselt to stimulate the development of junior researchers and to ensure a good skills management.
For more information about the various rights and obligations in the field of privacy, you can always consult our Privacy statement on the intranet. To exercise your rights, you can turn to privacy@uhasselt.be. Finally, you have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority, in Belgium called the Data Protection Authority.

Behavioral Sciences & Humanities

For participants from all four faculties/schools:

Title
For PhD students?
For postdocs?
Focus on ... competences
Date(s)

Information session on the Social and Societal Ethics Committee

x

x

effectiveness,
intellectual,
academic research,
interpersonal

14/10/21

Making the most of peer review in the humanities & social sciences

x

academic research,
interpersonal
intellectual

16/06/21

Writing abstracts in the humanities & social sciences

x

academic research,
interpersonal,
task-orientedness

15/06/21

For participants from specific faculties/schools:

Title
Faculty
For PhD students?
For postdocs?
Focus on ... competences
Date(s)

PhD seminar series 'Re-worlding' art and design research

ARK

x

x

academic research,
interpersonal
effectiveness

17/12/20
19/01/21
11/02/21
03/03/21
20/05/21
24/06/21
24/08/21
20/10/21
25/11/21
16/12/21

Seminart

ARK

x

x

postponed

International training network European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EAISM)

BEW

x

x

academic research

dates on website

Let's Talk about Service

BEW

x

x

postponed to 2022

Testimonials on science communication

BEW

x

x

postponed to 2022

Information session on Intellectual Property (IP)

BEW
SES

x

x

academic research

26/04/21

ACCA 2021

REC

x

academic research

17/09/21

Advanced legal technique: Council of State

REC

x

x

academic research,
intellectual

22/10/21

Capaciteit van lokale besturen anno 2020

REC

x

x

postponed

Informatiesessie 'Internationale databanken'

REC

x

x

academic research

08/11/21

Reference management

REC

x

x

academic research

10/09/21

Research Day 1

REC

x

x

academic research,
task-orientedness

21/05/21

Research Day 2

REC

x

x

academic research,
task-orientedness

20/12/21

Scientific posters: How to present your research in a clear and comprehensible way

REC

x

intellectual,
interpersonal

14/12/21

The erasure of the global South in international law

REC

x

x

intellectual,
interpersonal,
task-orientedness

Jan - Jun 2021

Young Legal Researchers Conference - Moving forward: Building societal resilience through law

REC

x

interpersonal

17/12/21

In the context of this training, UHasselt will either process your personal data internally (internally organized training courses) or pass it on to the training office (external training courses). Your personal data will only be used for purposes related to the training courses for which you register (e.g., intake interview, sending course material, confirmation of your presence, practical agreements, ...). The processing of your personal data has its lawful basis in the legitimate interest of UHasselt to stimulate the development of junior researchers and to ensure a good skills management.
For more information about the various rights and obligations in the field of privacy, you can always consult our Privacy statement on the intranet. To exercise your rights, you can turn to privacy@uhasselt.be. Finally, you have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority, in Belgium called the Data Protection Authority.

Health & Life Sciences

Title
For PhD students?
For postdocs?
Focus on ... competences
Date(s)

Basic Life Support - CPR and AED course

x

x

interpersonal,
effectiveness

09/12/21 or
14/12/21

Biosafety

x

interpersonal,
effectiveness,
intellectual

18/10/21

Cochrane systematic review (CEBAM)

x

x

academic research

03-05/05/21

f-TALES workshop - Opportunities and Challenges in Cancer Immunotherapy

x

x

academic research

25-26/10/21

Good Clinical Practice and its implications on your clinical studies

x

x

academic research

27/05/21

How to communicate and report about your statistical analyses and results? Lessons learnt during a global crisis

x

x

academic research,
intellectual,
task-orientedness

09-10/12/21

Knowledge for growth

x

x

27-29/09/21

Microbiome data analyses workshop

x

x

academic research

20-23/04/21

qPCR

x

academic research,
task-orientedness

15-16/06/21

Recent advances in rehabilitation of cardiorespiratory and internal diseases - webinar series

x

x

academic research,
intellectual,
interpersonal,
task-orientedness

22/04/21
06/05/21
20/05/21

Research ethics

x

effectiveness,
intellectual

09/11/21

Seminar COMATE: How your PhD can lead to a (hardware) start-up

x

x

task-orientedness,
effectiveness

07/12/21

SMALLL congres (Society for Movement Analysis Laboratories in the Low Lands)

x

x

academic research

postponed

In the context of this training, UHasselt will either process your personal data internally (internally organized training courses) or pass it on to the training office (external training courses). Your personal data will only be used for purposes related to the training courses for which you register (e.g., intake interview, sending course material, confirmation of your presence, practical agreements, ...). The processing of your personal data has its lawful basis in the legitimate interest of UHasselt to stimulate the development of junior researchers and to ensure a good skills management.
For more information about the various rights and obligations in the field of privacy, you can always consult our Privacy statement on the intranet. To exercise your rights, you can turn to privacy@uhasselt.be. Finally, you have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority, in Belgium called the Data Protection Authority.

Sciences & Technology

Title
For PhD students?
For postdocs?
Focus on ... competences
Date(s)

Biosafety

x

interpersonal,
effectiveness,
intellectual

18/10/21

Course on information literacy for starting PhD students

x

academic research

24/03/21

Energy PhD Day: Connecting the energy PhD students in Flanders

x

interpersonal,
academic research

29/10/21

How to communicate and report about your statistical analyses and results? Lessons learnt during a global crisis

x

x

academic research,
intellectual,
task-orientedness

09-10/12/21

Infosession: Ethics & research integrity

x

postponed to 2022

Infosession: Introduction to computational science/supercomputer and Makerspace

x

academic research

12/05/21

Infosession on Intellectual Property (IP)

x

x

academic research

19/10/21

Info session reviewing skills (Engineering Technology)

x

academic research

30/11/21

Info session reviewing skills (Chemistry)

x

academic research

08/12/21

Info session reviewing skills (Transportation Sciences)

x

academic research

13/12/21

Info session reviewing skills (Mathematics and Statistics)

x

academic research

13/12/21

Info session reviewing skills (Computer Science)

x

academic research

06/12/21

Microbiome data analyses workshop

x

x

academic research

20-23/04/21

Minicourse on Singularities in Geometry and Dynamics Sonja Hochloch

x

x

academic research

22-23/11/21

qPCR

x

academic research,
task-orientedness

15-16/06/21

Seminar COMATE: How your PhD can lead to a (hardware) start-up

x

x

task-orientedness,
effectiveness

07/12/21

Seminars/research presentations

x

x

Summer school on Discontinuous Galerking Methods

x

x

postponed to 2022

Summer school Functional Coatings

x

x

postponed

In the context of this training, UHasselt will either process your personal data internally (internally organized training courses) or pass it on to the training office (external training courses). Your personal data will only be used for purposes related to the training courses for which you register (e.g., intake interview, sending course material, confirmation of your presence, practical agreements, ...). The processing of your personal data has its lawful basis in the legitimate interest of UHasselt to stimulate the development of junior researchers and to ensure a good skills management.
For more information about the various rights and obligations in the field of privacy, you can always consult our Privacy statement on the intranet. To exercise your rights, you can turn to privacy@uhasselt.be. Finally, you have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority, in Belgium called the Data Protection Authority.