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.
| When | What | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2025 (continuous offer) | Workshops Career Center | tbd | More info |
| 01 January 2025 - 31 December 2025 (continuous offer) | Individual career coaching 2025 | tbd | More info |
| 02 February 2025 - 01 February 2026 (continuous offer) | Big interview: online training platform | digitally | More info |
| 14 October 2025 - 29 May 2026 (extended programme) | Valorisation Academy | campus Diepenbeek | More info |
| 08 December 2025 - 17 December 2025 (2 + 0.5h) | From academia to industry - personal brand building in your resume | digitally & reallife | More info |
| 12 January 2026 - 30 January 2026 (3 x 8h) | Grow your future career | campus Diepenbeek | More info |
| 20 January 2026 (4.5h) | PhD Talent Stakeholder Meeting: get inspired and connect with the non-academic world! | VUB | More info |
| 29 January 2026 (2.5h) | Online career stories for (post)docs: DS Sciences & Technology | online | More info |
| 23 February 2026 (1 day) | PhD Winter School 2026 – AI and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG): Friend or Foe? – by KBC | KBC Brussels | More info |
| 02 March 2026 - 28 February 2027 / | Mentoring trajectory 2026 | onsite & online | 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.
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