This newsletter provides an overview of all upcoming activities for PhD students organized by the doctoral schools and links to other potentially interesting events or information.

More details on, and registration links for, upcoming activities are available on the website of the doctoral schools. When you enrol for a doctoral school activity, make sure to take our cancellation & no-show policy into account. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at all times on doctoralschools@uhasselt.be.

1. Academic talent development (all DS)

Takes place on 16 & 17/10/23 - 09:00-17:00
Registration possible until 18/09/23

2. Fast forward: Project management and personal productivity training for researchers (all DS)

Takes place (digitally) on 16/10 (kick-off: 10:00-11:30) & 18, 25/10 & 02, 08, 15, 22/11/23 (obligatory Q&A sessions: 17:00-18:00)
Optional info session via zoom on 08/09/23 (10:00-10:30)
Registration possible until 24/09/23

3. Hack your brain: Unlocking your true potential and bringing your best performance (all DS)

Takes place on 25/10 (09:30-16:30) & 26/10/23 (09:30-16:00)
Registration possible until 24/09/23

4. Managing my PhD (all DS)

Takes place on 27/10 (09:00-16:00) & 24/11/23 (09:00-13:00)
Registration possible until 27/09/23

5. Intercultural communication: Meet people instead of cultures & practice communication styles (all DS)

Takes place on 06 & 13/11/23 (09:30-16:30)
Registration possible until 05/10/23

6. Public speaking (all DS)

Takes place on 09 & 23/11/23 (09:00-17:30)
Registration possible until 01/10/23

7. Meeting skills (all DS)

Takes place on 14/11/23 (09:00-17:00)
Registration possible until 15/10/23

8. Public Speaking/Pitching (all DS)

Takes place on 14/11 (10:00-16:00) & 15/11/23 (13:00-15:30)
Registration possible until 15/10/23

9. Bullet journaling as a tool for planning my research (all DS)

Takes place on 21/11/23 (10:30-12:30)
Registration possible until 22/10/23

10. Building effective habits (all DS)

Takes place on 22/11/23 (13:00-17:00)
Registration possible until 23/10/23

11. Collaborating successfully with others (all DS)

Takes place (digitally) on 27 & 28/11/23 (13:30-16:30)
Registration possible until 24/10/23

12. Real creativity - a practical approach to problem solving (all DS)

Takes place (digitally) on 27-30/11/23 (09:30-12:30)
Registration possible until 24/10/23

13. Writing for non-peers and press (all DS)

Takes place on 04 & 11/12/23 (09:30-17:00)
Registration possible until 05/11/23

14. Embracing your agency for change: Finding joy in the pursuit of a better world (PhDrinks) (all DS)

Takes place on 08/12/23 (15:00-17:30)
Registration possible until 05/11/23

Details & registration

1. Advanced Legal Practice Session: European Court of Human Rights (DS BSH - REC)

Takes place on 04/10/23 - 12:00-14:00
Registration possible until 25/09/23

2. Complex perspectives on modern heritage (DS BSH)

Takes place on 12/10/23 - 09:30-18:00
Registration possible until 22/09/23

3. EnergyVille PhD Day 2023: Developing and Connecting Young Researchers in Energy (DS ST)

Takes place on 13/10/23 - 09:00-20:00
Registration is required

4. Biosafety (DS HLS & ST)

Takes place on 16/10/23 - 13:00-16:00
Registration possible until 18/09/23

5. CIVIC Challenge 2023 (DS HLS)

Takes place from 16-20/10/23 - 09:00-17:00
Registration possible until 25/09/23

6. Start session teaching professionalization (DS HLS)

Takes place on 24/10/23 - 15:00-17:00
Registration possible until 16/10/23

7. Show, don’t tell: Creating visuals about your research (all DS)

Takes place on 07 & 14/12/23 - 09:00-16:15
Registration possible until 08/11/23

8. How to get published (all DS)

Takes place on 07/12 & 11/12/23 - 09:30-17:00
Registration possible until 13/11/23

9. Mind the GAP (Good Academic Practices) (all DS)

Takes place online (permanently accessible)

Details & registration

1. KBC Winter School - Bright minds for social responsibility (all DS)

Takes place on 13 & 14/12/23
Registration possible until 15/10/23

2. Company visit: Jaga (all DS)

Takes place on 15/12/23 - 10:00-13:00
Registration possible until 01/12/23

3. Demonstrating your competences in your CV, LinkedIn profile & cover letter to convince your future employer (all DS)

Takes place on 19/12/23 (workshop: 09:30-16:30) & 16/01/24 (coaching online: 30 min per person)
Registration possible until 12/11/23

4. Ready for take-off: Establishing a good basis for PhD supervision (all DS)

Takes place on 19/12/23 - 10:00-16:00
Registration (by supervisors only!) possible until 20/11/23

5. Individual career coaching (all DS)

Continuous offer
Application is required

The doctoral schools partner with several other departments and organisations. Below is an overview of their upcoming activities. For more information regarding their course offer and acknowledgement in your doctoral school portfolio, please consult this webpage.

1. Research data management (RDM)

- Working group anonymisation - monthly
- DMP writing session - monthly: first Tuesday of the month
- Data management plan (DMP) - writing session - 03/10/23 - 10:00-12:00
- Anonymisation part 1 - 17/10/23 - 13:00-15:00
- Make Open Science work for you - 26/10/23 - 13:00-15:00
- Data management plan (DMP) writing session - 07/11/23 - 13:00-15:00
- Data storage solutions - 21/11/23 - 10:00-12:00
- Open Science for qualitative research - 30/11/23 - 10:00-12:00

2. HR Department

Hasselt University encourages personal growth and development among its staff by offering all kinds of trainings and courses throughout the academic year. Hungry for additional brainfood? Discover GoodHabitz, an online learning platform where you can choose from over 100 courses at your own pace and on your own schedule, available in 7 languages.

3. School of Expert Education (SEE)

Training for professionals, built on academic expertise with the aim of creating a unique learning environment to refine and broaden your expertise.

4. Flanders’ training network for methodology and statistics (FLAMES)

Courses on statistics and methodology, which take place throughout the academic year at all Flemish universities. The FLAMES summer school and courses organized at Hasselt University are listed in this newsletter; the others can be found on the FLAMES website.
- Flames summer school - 11-22/09/23
- Seminar: Transformations: The good, the bad, the ugly - 08/11/23

5. Interuniversity course offer for young researchers

The doctoral schools of Hasselt University partner with the other four Flemish universities which results in an interuniversity course offer open for young researchers of the five partner universities.

6. EURECA-PRO

The EURECA-PRO Alliance consists of 9 partners who joined forces to enable students, researchers and staff to study, teach and research in the field of responsible consumption and production with the long-term goal of a joined virtual and integrated European campus until 2040. They also organize regular activities for (young) researchers.

- Third EURECA-PRO Conference on Responsible Consumption and Production - 26-29/09/23
- Online PhD Seminar series - 19/09/23:

- Bioprospecting of biological controllers of the fruit fly in apple and peach crop production sites in the provinces of Cár and Azuay
- Analysis and classification of a system using artificial intelligence for the identification of cyber threats
- Understanding Liquid Metal Deposition for the Production of Stretchable Electronics from 2D Manufacturing, over 3D to Continuous Processing

7. Pitch Please

Pitch Please wil jongeren inspireren, informeren, uitdagen en ondersteunen om hun ondernemende kwaliteiten aan te scherpen. Een overzicht van de Pitch Please activiteiten kan je online terugvinden.
- Pitch Please Kick-off inspiratiecafé - 26/10/23
- Infosessie: Hoe vind je een goed idee? - 13/11/23

8. Flanders AI Academy (VAIA)

Courses and trainings on artificial intelligence for professionals and researchers in Flanders which take place throughout the academic year. In this newsletter only activities and trainings specifically organised or interesting for PhD students/posdocs are listed; the others can be found on the VAIA website.

9. Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC)