| Responsible Department | LIFE Graduate School | ||||||||||||
| Course Dates | Announced in the course catalogue (to be found at the course website). | ||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | This course will give you an introduction to what you can expect as a PhD student at LIFE. You will get an overview of the study, the skills and competences necessary to become a mature and independent researcher and advice on to how to balance the challenges of your career with the rest of your life | ||||||||||||
| Course Home Page | http://www.life.ku.dk/English/Maalgruppe/Employees... | ||||||||||||
| Course Registration | Registration and further information: introduction-course@life.ku.dk | ||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | There is no specific deadline, but sign up well in advance since the course usually gets fully booked and we keep a waiting list | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | One week intensive course and an assignment which must be discussed with your supervisor after the intensive week. | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| The course focuses on: Career planning - your Personal Development Plan and Learning Needs Oral presentation techniques Scientific writing Intellectual property rights and patents Project management Philosophy of science and good scientific practice Collaboration with your supervisors Aspects of PhD administration You will prepare for the course through reading and a writing excercise. You will work on your own Personal Development Plan during and after the course. As part of the assignment you will discuss your development plan with your supervisor, so please make an appointment to meet with her/him 1-2 weeks after the course for this purpose. | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| Before the course we will provide you with material to read and a small individual writing excercise. During the intensive week we alternate between lectures, discussions and exercises. After the course you finalise your Personal Development Plan (PDP). The PDP and supervision are subjects of discussion with your supervisor. After submitting the PDP you will get feedback at a feedback session. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to offer PhD students tools to manage their project, their research education and their work/life balance. This includes confidence building in order to consider oneself as the center of the PhD as well as technical skills as scientific writing, representation techniques, knowledge about how to create networks, develop skills to manage the supervisor relationship and making a Personal Development Plan to use throughout the PhD education. This course will also give you the required - and compulsory - skills within good research practise. It is therefore not necessary for you to participate in the upcoming mandatory courses in Responsible Conduct of Researchers when you have passed this course. | |||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||
| Material will be forwarded by email. Handouts will be distributed during the course. | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Brian William Wilson Grout, bwg@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Crop Science, Phone: 353-33407 Lars Holm Rasmussen, lhr@life.ku.dk, Study and Students Affairs, Phone: 353-32659 | |||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||
| Special advisor Lars Holm Rasmussen, LIFE. Special advisor Jeppe Berggren Høj, LIFE. PhD student Sofie Kobayashi, SCIENCE. Scientific secretary Ditte Carlsen. Professor Peter Sandeø, LIFE. Consultant Claus Jarløv, Global Denmark. | |||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||
| See details in the course catalogue. | |||||||||||||
| Course Costs | |||||||||||||
| The participants need to pay for direct course costs, i.e. teaching materials, transport, accommodation and food provided during the course: DKK 3,500. | |||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||
| Active participation and assessment of assignments (personal development plan and ethics assignment). | |||||||||||||
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