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Year 1 meeting of the RCoR training

• Can I use one data set to write multiple papers?
• My supervisor asks me to work extra hours and provide data for their paper, what do I do?
• Scientists are frequently faced with such dilemmas. In 2018 the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity was published, that aims to be a guideline for appropriate research practices. Yet, what use are codes in practice and who should take responsibility when dilemmas arise?

Outline

0.25 ECTS

In this training we will address several well-known cases that occur regularly in research practices. We will also discuss how to recognize problematic situations and how to devise strategies for dealing with them.

The training takes one afternoon (or morning). It starts with a short interactive lecture on the principles and standards of good research practice. Next, we will have group discussions on dilemmas that the teachers or participants bring in. We close with a plenary reflection on the issues discussed, and on strategies for dealing with integrity dilemmas.

Training Dates & Registration 

Groups are limited to 25 participants 
Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Course fee

This training is mandatory and for free.

Course Certificate

Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Obligatory: Choose two out of the three RCoR modules​​​​​​

• My supervisor disagrees with my research ideas, how do we resolve this conflict?
• How do I collaborate with other scientists in a competitive environment?
• How do I deal with conflicting interests when working with societal stakeholders?

During your PhD process, all kinds of questions arise surrounding supervision, mentoring, and collaborating (both inside and outside your research group). In this training we will address several well-known cases that occur on a regular basis in working with your supervisor and collaborating with others. We will discuss how to recognize problematic situations and how to devise strategies for dealing with them.

As research integrity concerns everyone in the academic community, and since most of us have no intention of engaging in scientific misconduct, our course will not be focused on serious misbehaviour. Rather, we will zoom in on the so-called ‘grey zone’, where issues that occur in everyone’s daily life in the lab or workplace may raise questions about the best way to react, in accordance with the rules and norms of responsible conduct of research.

Outline

1 ECTS

The training consists of a five-week online course combined with three face-to-face meetings. Each week, new course materials will become available, and you are expected to log in yourself and start with the learning activities. Some of these activities involve interaction with other participants, while others can be done individually. Throughout the course, you will be invited to, if you want to, share your own experiences, and to think carefully about what you need to become better equipped to face and deal with integrity issues. In this way, we aim to make the course as relevant and practical as possible.

Training Dates & Registration

3 in-person sessions

Please note that each group is limited to 25 participants. In case of high demand we will be working with a waiting lists on a first come first serve basis. To be put on the waiting list for a specific group, send an email to science.phd@uu.nl. 

Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Course fee

This training is mandatory and free.

Course certificate

Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Obligatory: Choose two out of the three RCoR modules​​​​​​

• Should I agree with a colleague becoming co-author of a paper to which they have not made significant contribution?
• My supervisor is asked to review a paper for a journal, and asks me to take a look at it as well, should I do this?
• My co-authors and I disagree about the authorship order on a paper, what should we do?

During your PhD process, all kinds of questions arise surrounding authorship and peer review. In this training we will address several well-known cases that occur on a regular basis in publishing and reviewing practices and discuss how to recognize problematic situations and how to devise strategies for dealing with them.

As research integrity concerns everyone in the academic community, and since most of us have no intention of engaging in scientific misconduct, our course will not be focused on serious misbehaviour. Rather, we will zoom in on the so-called ‘grey zone’, where issues that occur in everyone’s daily life in the lab or workplace may raise questions about the best way to react, in accordance with the rules and norms of responsible conduct of research.

Outline

0.5 ECTS 

The training consists of a three-week online course combined with three face-to-face meetings. The online course takes place in small groups; participants will interact with each other frequently. Each week, new course materials will become available, and you are expected to log in yourself and start with the learning activities. Some of these activities involve interaction with other participants, while others can be done individually. Throughout the course, you will be invited to, if you want to, share your own experiences, and to think carefully about what you need to become better equipped to face and deal with integrity issues. In this way, we aim to make the course as relevant and practical as possible.

Training Dates & Registration

Three in-person session + online assignments (approximately 5h/week)

Please note that each group is limited to 25 participants. In case of high demand we will be working with a waiting lists on a first come first serve basis. To be put on the waiting list for a specific training, send an email to science.phd@uu.nl. 

Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Course fee

This training is mandatory and free.

Course certificate

Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Obligatory: Choose two out of the three RCoR modules​​​​​​

During your PhD, various questions can arise surrounding data. In this module we will address common issues that occur on a regular basis when working with data. We will discuss how to recognize problematic situations and how to devise strategies to deal with them. Aspects that will be covered include: different kinds of data, privacy issues, ethics reviews, data analysis, data storage, data management plans, and open science.

As research integrity concerns everyone in the academic community, and since most of us have no intention of engaging in scientific misconduct, our course will not be focused on serious misconduct. Rather, we will zoom in on the so-called ‘grey zone’: situations that may occur in everyone’s daily lab/work life that may make you question how to react in accordance with the rules and norms of responsible conduct of research.

Outline

0.5 ECTS 

The training consists of a three-week online course combined with three face-to-face meetings. The online course takes place in small groups; participants will interact with each other frequently. Each week, new course materials will become available, and you are expected to log in yourself and start with the learning activities. Some of the assignments involve interaction with other participants, while others can be done individually. Throughout the course, you will be invited to share your own experiences and to reflect on what you need to become better equipped to deal with integrity issues. In this way, we aim to make the course as relevant and practical as possible.

Training Dates & Registration

Three in-person session + online assignments (approximately 5h/week)

Please note that each group is limited to 25 participants. In case of high demand we will be working with a waiting lists on a first come first serve basis. To be put on the waiting list for a specific training, send an email to science.phd@uu.nl. 

Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Course fee

This training is mandatory and free.

Course certificate

Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Year 4 meeting - final part of the Responsible Conduct of Research training

Being a scientist can bring all kinds of challenges. These can be related to the content of your research or related to the context in which you work. While the RCoR modules that you followed in the first three years of your PhD covered different aspects of conducting research responsibly, this module is specifically designed for your final year of PhD and will invite you to reflect on what you have learned. How do Responsible Conduct of Research values apply to you personally? And how can you best integrate them in your future career? 

Outline

0.25 ECTS

Training dates 2024/2025

The 3,5 hour meeting consists of an introductory talk, small group discussions and a plenary feedback session in which you present and reflect on the issue(s)/case(s) you discussed in the small groups.

Please note that each group is limited to 25 participants. In case of high demand we will be working with a waiting lists on a first come first serve basis. To be put on the waiting list for a specific group, send an email to science.phd@uu.nl. 

Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Course fee

This training is mandatory and free.

Course certificate

Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Supervising Research of MSc Students is for GSNS PhD candidates that have at least a couple of months experience with supervising a student. It is a requirement that you are supervising a MSc student during the time period of the course.

Course description

Supervising MSc student research is a complicated process. What is the best way to supervise depends on many factors: the abilities of the student, the type of research, the research phase (the startup, data collection/ analysis, the final writing part) and of course the abilities of the supervisor. In this course, supervisors work on expanding their own repertoire and gaining insights in their own style and possibilities regarding the supervision of MSc student research. We offer tools and guidelines for implementing personal supervising strategies like giving effective feedback, for differentiating supervision to meet students’ needs, for assessing progress, and for dealing with frequently occurring problems such as motivating students, dealing with delay and so on.

This course is aimed at supervisors of MSc students of the GSNS. Some experience with supervising MSc students is required, in order to be able to reflect on your own supervising behavior during the course. Moreover, the course consists of several assignments in which you put theory into your supervision practice, so we strongly recommend that you have a student during the course.

Learning objectives

After this course:

• You have reflected on your own supervision practice
• You have gained insights in your own strength and development points, but also in those of your MSc student
• You will be able to apply didactical insights (theories) to your own supervision practice
• You have broadened your supervision skills (e.g. coaching & conversation skills, feedback skills, assessment skills)
• You have practiced how to use more effective ways to handle intercultural work situations
• You will be able to deal with difficult situations in your supervision practice from a broader perspective
• You have formulated, implemented, and evaluated plans how to optimize your supervision practice to meet MSc students’ needs
• You have developed a personal supervision plan

Instructional method

This five-session course will focus on placing supervisors' experience from their own day-to-day practice in the context of theory, and exploring its implications. The day-to-day practice of supervisors will be used as a basis of the course to ensure that supervisors will get most out of it. The following assignments provide an idea of how this works:

• Discussing supervision styles and possibilities with peers
• Conducting a strengths/weaknesses analysis of both supervisor and MSc students
• Talking about mutual expectations with your MSc students
• Assessing progress of your MSc students on both product and process level
• Analyzing challenging situations of supervisors
• Exploring ways how to deal with difficult situations that regularly occur (including role-play)
• Formulating, implementing, and evaluating plans how to optimize your supervision practice
• Developing a supervision plan (how to work towards specific learning objectives in a targeted way)

You will prepare assignments in advance of each session and receive written or oral feedback during the course. At the first session, you will receive the book ‘Supervising PhD Students: A Practical Guide and Toolkit’ by Kearns & Finn.

Course trainers

Dr. Sibel Telli, Educational Consultancy & Professional Development (O&T), Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. 
Course meeting ‘intercultural communication’: Dr. Ivana Brasileiro Reis Pereira

Group size

8 to 12 participants

Number of credits & workload

1.25 EC

In addition to the scheduled sessions, you should take into account an extra study load of approximately 15 hours in total. This study load generally consists of homework assignments in preparation for the next session.

Course schedule & registration

Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Course Certificates

You will receive a certificate after actively participating in at least four out of five course sessions (80% attendance). It is mandatory to attend the first session. If you are absent in the first session you cannot follow the remaining of the course.

Please note: This course does not count as didactic training for your ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Teaching Qualification (UTQ, Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO). 

This Teacher Training is developed for starting PhD candidates from the Faculty of Science with little or no teaching experience.  

Content

During the course three main themes are addressed in a cyclic manner through self and peer assessment:

• Design a lesson or a course (writing intended learning outcomes; choosing activities and didactic approaches; assessment and testing)
• Teaching practices: giving lectures, tutorials and supervising students
• Reflection on your own teaching experiences

The course consists of four group sessions (session 5 is a backup option) and homework. It is taught in groups of max. 20 participants and requires approximately 40 hours of study, including meetings.

Please note: This training does not provide exemption for the UTQ training programme (BKO leergang). 

Amount of participants

10-20

Trainers

Dr. Henri Matimba and Christian Köppe, Msc, Freudenthal Institute

Course schedule & registration 

Meetings are on Wednesdays from 09:00-13:00h. 

For questions regarding the registration please contact the GSNS PhD team: science.phd@uu.nl

Please keep the GSNS cancellation & no-show policy in mind. 

Language

The course will be taught in English.

Workload

~40 h, 1.5 ECTS

Intake requirements

PhD candidates of the Faculty of Science

More information?

If you have any questions, please send an email to science.phd@uu.nl or the course coordinator Christian Köppe.

For all UU employees (including PhD Candidates) that start to teach and have little or no prior teaching experience. 

Start to Teach is 3 day training programme offered by the Centre of Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT). It is open to all staff members inlcuding doctoral candidates that teach for the first time. This programme is offered four times each year at the start of every teaching period. It is important that participants have teaching tasks during the period in which they participate in the Start to Teach programme.

For more information & registration please visit the  (intranet). 

Please note: This training does not provide exemption for the UTQ training programme. 

Training programme offered by the Faculty of Science for the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Teaching Qualification - ONLY for PhD Candidates with extended teaching tasks. 

To teach at a Dutch university you are required to either hold or train to obtain a ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Teaching Qualification (UTQ; basiskwalificatie onderwijs = BKO; assistant professor level; universitair docent (UD)) or Senior Teaching Qualification (STQ; senior kwalificatie onderwijs = SKO; (associate) professor level; universitair hoofddocent (UHD) of professor). 

Under specific circumstances it is possible for PhD candidates with a high teaching load to obtain their UTQ (BKO) during their PhD. High teaching load here either means a 5 year contract and extended teaching tasks or - in rare cases - PhD Candidates with prior (university) teaching experience. PhD candidates can - in consultation with their supervisors and the UTQ/STQ faculty contact - register for the UTQ track and join the UTQ training programme of the Faculty of Science (Beta BKO leergang). 

For more information on the requirements for the UTQ & the registration as well as practical considerations please visit the or contact the UTQ/STQ faculty contact.