PhD Course Management
Interdisciplinary methodologies for studying change and transformation of religion and culture
ECTS: 2 Graduate school: Faculty of Arts Start date: 12/08/2024 Course leader: Lene Kühle Status: Course is open for application
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Health - Welcome to the PhD study
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 02/09/2024 Course leader: Mia Maychrzak Status: Course is open for application
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A welcome event for all newly enrolled PhD students to the PhD programme to give them the opportunity to meet and interact with fellow PhD students and AU representatives from fields relevant during the PhD programme.
Introduction day, Graduate School of Natural Sciences
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 05/09/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
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Introduction event for all newly enrolled PhD students at Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.
Science Teaching (Mandatory)
ECTS: 2.5 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 10/09/2024 Course leader: Rikke Frøhlich Hougaard Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The course objective is to strengthen your teaching skills and competences as a PhD student. The course provides guidance and inspiration for planning and implementing teaching to enhance students’ learning. In collaboration will peers you will learn to apply tools to identify and find solutions for challenges in your own teaching. During the course, you will train your teaching skills by developing and implementing a teaching activity in your own teaching and use methods to provide feedback.
The course addresses both traditional and online teaching, and you will have the opportunity to specialize in the type of teaching which is most relevant for you.
Laboratory Animal Science
ECTS: 5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 16/09/2024 Course leader: Thea Thougaard Johansen Status: Course is open for application
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The aim of this course is to give the participants understanding of the basic principles in laboratory animal science. The course is obligatory for persons, who wish to participate in research using laboratory animals, either by carrying out procedures on animals (EU category A) or euthanize animals (EU category D). The course is designated as an EU function A/D course according to the EU Directive 2010/63 and EU Article 23.2 (previously category B by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations). The course gives an introduction to practical and theoretical handling, housing and using laboratory animals and how to replace, refine and reduce the use of live animals for research (3R).
How to get published
ECTS: 3 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 16/09/2024 Course leader: Søren Dinesen Østergaard Status: Course is open for application
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The aim of this course is to improve the participants chances of publishing the results of their research in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Application: In order to apply for course participation, you must:
Sign up for the course via PhD Course Management and at the same time:
- Submit an abstract (max. 250 words – in English) based on the draft manuscript described under criteria for participation
- Submit a short application (max. 500 words – in English) describing why you wish to participate in the course
Both abstract and application must be submitted, in one file, at the same time as registering for the course.
Registrations for the course without these two documents will not be taken into consideration.
GSNS Onboarding programme – workshop: Research Integrity
ECTS: 0.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 18/09/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this workshop is to provide PhD students with an opportunity to reflect upon research integrity, responsible conduct of research, and freedom of research in relation to their own research. The course will enable them to understand and incorporate issues concerning research planning, data management, publication and communication, authorship and contributorship, collaboration, and conflicts of interests into their own research practices.
Research year: introduction course
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 24/09/2024 Course leader: Jasper Nijkamp Status: Course is open for application
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The course is aimed to kickstart your research year, create a sense of community, and manage expectations. The course is coordinated by associate professor Jasper Nijkamp (IKM), in collaboration with the Selskab for Medicinsk Studenterforskning (SMS). There is no preparation or homework for students. You get no ECTS points for this course.
Project and Time Managment: Using Project Management Tools to Communicate with your Supervisor
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 27/09/2024 Course leader: Constance Kampf Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To create a framework for integrating project management tools into the interaction between supervisors and Ph.D. students. The content includes time to reflect on meta-communication strategies to discuss your work together with your supervisors. This includes integrating planning for key decision points related to your Ph.D. project. In addition, you will be introduced to the PDCA framework, which stands for Plan-Do-Check-Act. This framework will be used to reflect on how to optimize your independent work through Plan-Do; and your work with others through Check-Act.
Project Management: A Practitioner’s Approach to the Managerial Process
ECTS: 5 Graduate school: Course collaboration Start date: 30/09/2024 Course leader: Per Svejvig Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The aim of this course is to take a practitioners approach to project management focusing on both technical and sociocultural skills.
Introduction to neurodegenerative diseases and disease models
ECTS: 8 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 07/10/2024 Course leader: Caroline Cristiano Real Gregório Status: Course is open for application
Short description
The main goal of this course is to make the students familiar with the most common neurodegenerative diseases, their investigative tools and disease models. This stand-alone course is not part of a specific study program. Any student with background in neurobiology can participate in the course.
Literature search in medical databases (Language English)
ECTS: 0.7 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 10/10/2024 Course leader: Annette Balle Sørensen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To make the participants familiar with the most important medical databases, and enable them to perform qualified searches for relevant scholarly literature. Furthermore, to make the participants aware of basic principles of research evaluation and different aspects related to research publication.
Getting the most out of your PhD – a career perspective
Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 22/10/2024 Course leader: Vibeke Broe Status: Course is open for application
Short description
A PhD is a time to submerge into interesting research and exciting new contexts, but it is also a time to tend to your future career. Your PhD is a step towards your next job regardless of your professional background and your thoughts on career direction. This session will aim at encouraging you to build career management skills during your PhD: strengthen your knowledge and understanding of how adding a career perspective to your PhD is beneficial both for your professional development as a researcher and for ensuring that you have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for your next career step, whatever that is.
Systematic Literature Search (Research-year)
ECTS: 0.7 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 24/10/2024 Course leader: Janne Lytoft Simonsen Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To make the research year students familiar with the most important medical databases, and enable them to perform qualified searches for relevant scholarly literature. Participants will be introduced to systematic literature searching as well as citation searching and reference management.
Introduction day, Graduate School of Natural Sciences
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 30/10/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Introduction event for all newly enrolled PhD students at Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.
Introduction to register-based research
ECTS: 3.5 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 11/11/2024 Course leader: Julie Werenberg Dreier Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Participants will learn about key Danish national registers and how to use them for research purposes, through a combination of lectures, short research presentations with examples, discussions and exercises. This course will provide participants the necessary knowledge and skills to start their own research project based on national registers and cohorts.
Introduction to managing Research Data, FAIR principles, and Open Access
ECTS: 0.3 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 12/11/2024 Course leader: Anne Vils Møller Status: Course is open for application
Short description
Collecting, analyzing, storing and sharing data are central activities in research. Research Data Management (RDM) and FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) principles are thus becoming increasingly important, and researchers are often required by institutions and funders to prepare a data management plan. Open Access (OA) publishing is another aspect related to sharing research output, which implies that scholarly publications are distributed online, free of any access barriers.
Health - Welcome to the PhD study
ECTS: 0 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 14/11/2024 Course leader: Mia Maychrzak Status: Course is open for application
Short description
A welcome event for all newly enrolled PhD students to the PhD programme to give them the opportunity to meet and interact with fellow PhD students and AU representatives from fields relevant during the PhD programme.
Project and Time Management: Risk & Coordinating with the Big Picture
ECTS: 1.4 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 22/11/2024 Course leader: Constance Kampf Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To create a framework for integrating project management tools into work habits for Ph.D. students to help them stay on track or get back on track in the second half of the PhD process. The content includes time to reflect on bottlenecks and scheduling needs related to completing your Ph.D. project on time. In addition, you will be introduced to risk analysis tools, and Kanban boards.
GSNS Onboarding programme – workshop: Getting the most out of your PhD – a career perspective
ECTS: 0.25 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 27/11/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
A PhD is a time to submerge into interesting research and exciting new contexts, but it is also a time to tend to your future career. Your PhD is a step towards your next job regardless of your professional background and your thoughts on career direction. This session will aim at encouraging you to build career management skills during your PhD: strengthen your knowledge and understanding of how adding a career perspective to your PhD is beneficial both for your professional development as a researcher and for ensuring that you have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for your next career step.
GSNS Onboarding programme – workshop: Literature, data management and publication
ECTS: 0.25 Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences Start date: 11/12/2024 Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam Status: Course is open for application
Short description
In this module, AU Library will introduce you to the task of working with data and publications, both your own and that of others: How to find data and publications, manage them, and what to be aware of, when you want to publish your results, including copyright and Open Access.
Project and Time Managment: Using Project Management Tools to Communicate with your Supervisor
ECTS: 1 Graduate school: Faculty of Health Start date: 13/12/2024 Course leader: Constance Kampf Status: Course is open for application
Short description
To create a framework for integrating project management tools into the interaction between supervisors and Ph.D. students. The content includes time to reflect on meta-communication strategies to discuss your work together with your supervisors. This includes integrating planning for key decision points related to your Ph.D. project. In addition, you will be introduced to the PDCA framework, which stands for Plan-Do-Check-Act. This framework will be used to reflect on how to optimize your independent work through Plan-Do; and your work with others through Check-Act.
Welcome to the PhD Course Management
Please make sure to keep your contact email updated so we can send you course information.
For more information regarding specific faculty course rules and regulations, please visit the following websites:
Graduate School, Arts - PhD Course information
Graduate School Health – PhD Course information
Graduate School of Natural Sciences – PhD Course information
Scientific courses at Graduate School of Natural Sciences
Graduate School of Technical Sciences – PhD Course information
Scientific courses at Graduate School of Technical Sciences
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