Career development - events, coaching & training
Below is an overview of all activities with respect to career development, organized for junior researchers at Hasselt University. There are also additional online resources available.
You can filter the overview below on the type of activity and on the targeted doctoral school(s). In the future, you will also be able to filter on the competency cluster(s) addressed (based on the UHasselt competency overview for PhD holders).
All activities listed are open to both PhD students and postdocs. They are added to the overview as soon as a date has been set. For activities entailing multiple sessions, the date mentioned in the first column indicates the start date. The duration is mentioned between brackets. All activities are in English, except when explicitly stated otherwise.
In addition to the activities below, please also check our course offer aimed at developing generic competences and academic research competences, as well as the course offer of our partners.
Archive
| When | What | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 February 2025 - 01 February 2026 (continuous offer) | Big interview: online training platform | digitally | More info |
| 06 February 2025 - 20 March 2025 (10x1h - registration for individual sessions is possible) | Online career lunches: Tap into a wealth of information (pre-programme job market) | digitally | More info |
| 19 February 2025 - 20 February 2025 (2 days) | PhD Winter School – Innovation as common denominator for sustainability – by KBC | Brussels (KBC) | More info |
| 27 March 2025 (online pre-programme + job fair) | Interuniversity job market for young researchers 2025 | digitally + real-life | More info |
| 06 May 2025 (7.5h) | Welcome to the real world - What is your role as PhD in R&D? 2025 | Campus Diepenbeek | More info |
| 16 May 2025 - 18 May 2025 (2.5 days) | The researchpreneurship mindset bootcamp | online + real-life (Ostend) | More info |
| 26 May 2025 (1.5h) | Online Panel Discussion: From PhD to practice | online | More info |
| 02 June 2025 (4h) | Yes, I can! Assessing strengths and competences | campus Hasselt | More info |
| 25 June 2025 (2.5h) | Online career stories for (post)docs: DS Health & Life Sciences | online | More info |
| 17 September 2025 - 19 November 2025 (5 x 5.5h) | Career development trajectory: Gain insight into your talents and ambitions | campus Hasselt | More info |
In the context of this training, UHasselt will either process your personal data internally (internally organized training courses) or pass your name, surname and/or e-mail address 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.