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 2024 (continuous offer) | Individual career coaching | tbd | More info |
| 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2024 (continuous offer) | Workshops Career Center | tbd | More info |
| 01 February 2024 - 02 February 2025 (continuous offer) | Big interview: online training platform | online | More info |
| 14 October 2024 - 27 May 2025 Info session, Kick-off, 12 sessions, closing event | From PhD to SME | Campus Diepenbeek & VOKA | More info |
| 14 November 2024 - 17 December 2024 (7 + 0.5h) | Demonstrating your competences in your CV, LinkedIn profile and cover letter to convince your future employer | campus Hasselt | More info |
| 03 December 2024 (6h) | Ready for take-off: establishing a good basis for PhD supervision | Campus Hasselt | More info |
| 13 December 2024 (3.5h) | A postdoctoral position: what next? | Diepenbeek | 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 |
| 02 March 2025 - 28 February 2026 / | Mentoring trajectory 2025 | Campus Hasselt, onsite | More info |
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