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Target audience

This course is for first year or early second year PhD candidates.

Course description

To do a PhD is a wonderful learning opportunity. You will grow to be an independent researcher. However, you can get overwhelmed by the amount of work, resulting in a low priority on developing personal skills. A clear set of competences that are thought to benefit PhD candidates in their future career has been established. During this workshop you will work with this PhD Competence Model to plan your personal development, to optimally equip yourself during and after your PhD.

Learning objectives

During this course you will gain the insight what competences you need during your PhD and where you can find your chances to develop yourself. You will learn how to deal with bumps on the PhD-road by learning about yourself as a person en gain more trust in your future.

You will be able to recognise which qualities you have already developed and which could use some more attention. You will make a clear plan to develop the needed competences to make your way through your PhD.

Instructional method

The workshop is a mixture of practical and reflective exercises guided by the trainer. If you would like to learn about yourself, you will have to focus on the complete picture: what you want, need and feel. We will do so individually, in pairs or small groups.

Trainer

Drs. Simone Schut was graduated as a behavioral biologist. After a few years as a consultant she worked for 10 years with students of Biology and Biomedical Sciences in Amsterdam and in Utrecht, teaching soft skills and self-awareness. During that time she became a coach and trainer to help individuals with their development and personal leadership.

Group size

8 to 12 participants

Number of credits

0.2 EC

Course schedule

Course certificate

You will receive a course certificate after actively participating in the full course session.

Course fee

GSLS PhD candidates: â‚¬0
UU/UMC academic staff: â‚¬110
External participants (space permitting): â‚¬180
 

• GSLS PhD candidates are PhD candidates who are registered with the Graduate School of Life Sciences via MyPhD. 
• UU/UMC academic staff are PhD candidates of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ who are not registered to the Graduate School of Life Sciences via MyPhD, postdocs employed by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ or UMC Utrecht and other academic staff employed at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ or UMC Utrecht.
• External participants are all other participants.

Our no-show policy

We are happy to offer courses and workshops for free to all GSLS PhDs. However: free of charge does not mean free of responsibility. Our activities tend to be fully booked well in advance. For every late cancellation or no-show we have had to disappoint others who would have liked to attend. 

This is how we work: 

• Once you have signed up for a course, we expect you to attend;
• If you need to cancel your registration, do so at the earliest possible moment, at least four weeks before the start of the course;
• You have to attend the full course session;
• Not meeting the attendance requirements or cancelling within four weeks before the course starts means you will be charged no-show fee (€55 for this course);
• We are unable to make any exceptions.