| Responsible Department | Department of Food Science | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research School | FOOD Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Dates | The course is composed of 5 separate modules, each of 1 day. Module 1: 2012; Module 2: 2012; Module 3: 2012; Module 4: 6 Sept 2011 (GlobalDenmark); Module 5: 4 Oct and 11 Oct 2011 (DTU). Exact dates will be announced at http://lmcfood.dk/foo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | This generic course will give the participants a full tool box of communicative skills - professional, popular and strategic. The course will also act as platform for network establishment. After passing this course, the participants will be able to present their result at scientific conferences and popular meetings at the most professional level. The participants will also be able to formulate a press strategy and carry through negotiations with partners inside and outside the universities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Home Page | http://lmcfood.dk/food-activities/flex-courses/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Registration | By email to: food_course_registration@life.ku.dk Priority in registration will be given to PhD students enrolled in FOOD Denmark and from VLAG. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | Modules: 10 working days before each module. You can register for the entire course when you want. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 2 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emphasis is placed on the personal skills of the PhD student. This is achieved through a highly interactive training programme in small groups (up to 15 participants) where the PhD student will get personal feedback. The training is done by professional consultants and staff from the FOOD partners. The course comprises 5 modules each lasting one day. The participants must participate in four modules in total to pass the course. They can choose for free which modules to pass. The 5 modules will run once every year in the period 2009-2011. The participants can choose freely the order of the modules and the time span used for taking the modules. The PhD student is evaluated by evaluation of a written assignment (see below). If desired, the participants can choose to take the modules as stand-alone workshops/courses without ECTS credit and evaluation: Module 1: Advanced presentation techniques. Module 2: Negotiation techniques / meeting management. Module 3: Coping strategies / personal leadership. Module 4: Press announcement. Module 5: Poster presentation techniques. Descriptions of the individual modules can be found at the course website. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 days of intensive on campus course: 35 hours. Preparation and Reading of literature: 10 hours. Assignment written after the course: 20 hours. Total 65 hours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The aim of this flex course is to give PhD students in food science the necessary prerequisites for having success at a conference - i.e. giving the bright presentations in the right manner and getting in touch with the right people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henriette Hansen, henha@life.ku.dk, Levnedsmiddelcentret, Phone: 353-33229 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Claus A. Jarløv (consultant). Other teachers will be included at some modules. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course costs for other than PhD students: 4,000 DKK per day. Lunch and coffee/tee is included. FOOD will cover transportation costs for FOOD students travelling from Jutland to Copenhagen and vice versa. Participants have to organize accomodation them selves. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The participants must hand-in a written assignment - a self-evaluation of an oral or poster presentation intended for a real conference. In the assignment, the participant must describe personal reflections on the presentation, the aim of the presentation and explain how he/she intends to reach his/her aim by the presentation. The participant is expected to couple the individual presentation with a larger strategic presentation/communication strategy for the PhD project in question. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Further information: Henriette Hansen, FOOD Denmark Research School, Bülowsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark, Tel: +45 3533 3236, Email: henha@life.ku.dk | |||||||||||||||||||||||