WGS PhD Workshop Carousel Online

Wageningen Graduate Schools

PhD Workshop Carousel Online

Monday 17 May - Friday 28 May 2021

0.075 ETCS per workshop

- Registration closed as per 11 May 2021 -

SCOPE

Since 2014 Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) organises a one-day event for PhD candidates consisting of a diverse set of workshops that deal with all sorts of elements important for PhDs. These workshops are generally set up as teasers that give insight into more elaborate courses and workshops organised by Wageningen Graduate Schools. This time, the carousel will take place over the course of two weeks in which you can join a selection of 1,5-hour online workshops that are interesting for you. 

PROGRAMME

In the two weeks of the workshop carousel, each day there are two timeslots in which 1,5-hour online workshops are offered (with the exception of 24 May, because it is a public holiday in the Netherlands). All workshops and the times at which they are given are listed below. At the bottom of the page, you will find a registration form, which you can use to register your participation. Each workshop has a maximum number of participants, and workshops are filled on a first come, first served basis. You can choose a maximum of 5 workshops. Please note that most workshops are given twice in identical form, so only register for one of the two. The registration fee is irrespective of how many workshops you take; you pay one fee and for that you can choose a maximum of 5 workhops and join the additional activities below.  

In addition to the workshops:

• You can register for one of the 1 hour LinkedIn advice sessions in which LinkedIn expert David Mornout will help groups of 3 PhD candidates improve their own LinkedIn profile
• You can register for the WGS social event: the virtual PubQuiz on Thursday 20 May from 20:00 - 21:30. We hope to meet you all there!
  
  
  

  	Monday 17 May		Tuesday 18 May		Wednesday 19 May		Thursday 20 May		Friday 21 May
  	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
  11:00 - 12:30	Designing an attractive and effective poster	How to fail	Making Your Science More Accessible		How to Engage in Meaningful Conversations? Introducing the WUR Dialogue Navigator	Research data and scientific publishing in a changing world	Searching and Organising Literature	Supervising MSc students online	Storytelling for academics	Supervising MSc students online
  15:30 - 17:00	How to Engage in Meaningful Conversations? Introducing the WUR Dialogue Navigator		Managing your supervisor in an online world		Managing your supervisor in an online world		Pitching your research		How to fail	Academics outside academia?! Food & Agri edition
  	24 May = Public Holiday		Tuesday 25 May		Wednesday 26 May		Thurday 27 May		Friday 28 May
  	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
  11:00 - 12:30			Drawing essentials for impactful communication, peace of mind and lots of fun	Storytelling for academics	Effective and efficient verbal communication in academia and beyond; a teaser	Research data and scientific publishing in a changing world	Making Your Science More Accessible	Designing an attractive and effective poster	Mindful productivity for PhD Candidates
  15:30 - 17:00			Drawing essentials for impactful communication, peace of mind and lots of fun	Entrepreneurship as a skillset for career development	Effective and efficient verbal communication in academia and beyond; a teaser		Mindful productivity for PhD Candidates	Pitching your research	Entrepreneurship as a skillset for career development	Academics outside academia?! Feed, Pharma, Biotech edition

WORKSHOPS

1. Designing an attractive and effective poster - Caro Struijke
       What attracts an audience to my poster? What makes them look at it longer? How can I present my results in a clear way? During this short workshop you will learn : what makes a poster attractive, how to present text, pictures and graphs, how to make your poster self-explanatory, how to make use of colour schemes. In groups you will evaluate existing posters and you may bring your own (colour-printed on A4 paper) to receive feedback from your peers and your instructor.       
2. Drawing essentials for impactful communication, peace of mind and lots of fun - Inge de Fluiter
   Let’s get visual! In this session you’ll get acquainted with the what and how of visual thinking. Combining symbols to create a visual story, translating ideas to images: this session provides you with all the tips and tricks you need to get drawing!
3. Effective and efficient verbal communication in academia and beyond; a teaser - Claudius van de Vijver
   This workshop is a teaser for the WGS course “Effective and efficient communication in academia and beyond”. Do you find it difficult getting your message across? Do you not always get the response you had expected? Do you find it difficult to deal with misunderstanding and moreover conflict? Interestingly enough the manner in which people react to what others have to say depends on the way in which the message is brought across and how receptive people are to receive this communication. In other words it depends on the behaviour and communication style we express when communicating. Apart from our personality, these are determined by the context we operate, our culture and background. Getting insight into these aspects, and knowing when to communicate in which manner, help us to communicate in an effective manner and prevent miscommunication. 
4. Entrepreneurship as a skillset for career  development - Lisa Ploum, Suraj Jamge & Gitte Schober
   Next to demonstrating scientific excellence, young academics with an entrepreneurial attitude can often contribute directly to more societal relevance and economic impact based on their research. If you want to explore entrepreneurial skills and tools for your own career, this workshop offers an introduction to entrepreneurial skills, how to develop these skills and what it means to have an entrepreneurial drive. We will  look at different manifestations of intra/entrepreneurship in academia, private companies or in an start-up context and introduce the support and toolset WUR offers to young scientists for exploring and developing their own idea.   
5. How to Engage in Meaningful Conversations? Introducing the WUR Dialogue Navigator - Simone Ritzer & Janita Sanderse
   Our research is driven by the desire to understand societal challenges and to contribute to the transitions that lie before us. The Dialogue Navigator offers guidance in why, when and how to engage with dialogue so that your research can have an (even greater) impact in society. In this workshop you will unravel the potential added value of dialogue and interaction with society to your research – even for those who never leave the lab. Together we will experiment with some dialogue-based tools that will help you to reach your research objectives.
6. How to fail -  Veronika Cheplygina 
   There’s no science without failure. Yet we are often led to believe this is not acceptable if we want to be good scientists. In this workshop we will explore failures in a safe and interactive way. We will start with the CV of Failures and its history. We will then move on to other types of failures, big and small, that you might encounter in a career as a researcher. The workshop will also provide practical tips and advice on dealing with failures collected from 30+ researchers I interviewed for the How I Fail series on my blog.
7. Making Your Science More Accessible - Kim Ferguson
   This participation-based workshop helps burgeoning scientists make their work more accessible. And while accessibility may seem like an afterthought, or something nice to have but not necessary, the reality is that a) disabled researchers exist and b) making our science more accessible makes it more likely to be used, cited, distributed, shared, etc. The hands-on skills that attendees will learn here include: using existing tools such as the Microsoft Accessibility Checker in Word or Powerpoint; making accessible meetings within Teams or Zoom; using alt-text on Twitter and Instagram in a meaningful way, tools within the R software or Adobe Photoshop that enable colour-blind and contrast-friendly colour palettes for figures.
8. Managing your supervisor in an online world - Claudius van de Vijver & Sabine Vreeburg
   Ever have troubles with your supervisor? Would you love to learn how to better -manage- your supervisor? This workshop is about the main challenges in communicating and collaborating (online) with your professor and daily supervisor(s) and the possible solutions to these challenges.
9. Mindful productivity for PhD Candidates - Ana Pineda
   Scientists around the world are using mindful practices as a strategy for well-being to deal with issues such as stress or anxiety. But a not-so-explored aspect is how we can incorporate mindfulness in our work as scientists. Adding a mindful approach into our daily research life can help scientists to be more productive, more creative, and happier. In this workshop, we’ll focus on the productive part. We’ll get deeper into the building blocks of a "mindful" productivity system and I’ll share some tips to focus and get things done. 
10. Pitching your research - Mariska Wessel
    Knowing how to present your idea in a convincing manner is an indispensable skill. Scientists must be able to explain their work effectively and memorably to non-specialist audiences as well as to their peers. This 1.5 hour workshop provides you with practical tools to develop both a compact and convincing message and inspiring delivery. You will discover creative approaches in delivering an effective pitch, learn vocal and performance techniques to engage and inspire an audience and to bring content to life.
11. Research data and scientific publishing in a changing world - Irene Verhagen & Chantal Hukkelhoven
    Science is opening up. Publishers, funders, universities and research communities are focusing more and more on publishing Open Access and making research data available. But what are the effects of being ‘open’? And how do you do it? In this workshop, you will be introduced to the world of Open Access publishing and Open Data. We will show you different Open Access options and tools. We will also explain how and where you can make your dataset available, as well as how to find existing datasets to reuse. Finally, you will be informed about the re-use of published material for your PhD thesis.
12. Searching and Organising Literature – Annemie Kersten & Marleen Noomen
    This workshop is a teaser for the WGS course Searching and Organising Literature for PhD candidates. When you are working towards your PhD thesis, how do you find the literature you need? What is the best place to search, Google Scholar, Scopus or another database? How can you limit your search to only relevant papers? And how to organise the references and PDFs that you collect? In this workshop we will introduce the methods of searching and organising literature. You will test a literature database, create a smart search query and learn about the possibilities of reference managers.
13. Storytelling for academics - Christine Taylor
    Researchers and academics struggle to communicate their research and experiences with society. Effective narrative tools like story can make this task more effective and enjoyable. A well composed story enables multi-disciplinary cooperation, successful funding applications, and positive interactions with the media. Structure is the foundation you need to tell great stories. Story structures can be as simple or as complicated as you want them to be, accommodating everything from Little Red Riding Hood to Game of Thrones. They can be used to put together a pitch or a grant proposal. Understanding story structure and how the parts fit together will help you craft and tell better stories in the future. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn a basic story structure that they can use to share their research with a broader public. Participants will see those stories in a different light when they are done and have a method for analysing stories they want to tell!
14. Supervising MSc students online - Marieke van Schaik
    The thesis is the final subject of the BSc & MSc programme and an important individual project of a student. Due to the importance and size of the project, the meetings between supervisor and student are often more intense and personal compared to those contacts in other workshops/courses. Students expect certain behaviour of their supervisor and the supervisor also has expectations of his/her student. Questions about responsibilities for supervisor and student arise. In this 1,5 hour workshop you will be provided with some general information about supervising thesis students at Wageningen University and discuss good practices, expectations, basic skills.
15. Academics outside academia?! Feed, Pharma, Biotech edition – QTC recruitment
    Wondering what it takes for you as an academic to transition towards a position in the life sciences industry? Want to know how to showcase yourself and what you have to offer? This is your chance to learn from the experts of QTC recruitment. Their experience with recruiting professionals in the life sciences industry can help you find your selling points and open doors for the next step in your career. Specialised for Feed, Pharma and Biotech sectors. 
16. Academics outside academia?! Food & Agri edition – QTC recruitment
    Wondering what it takes for you as an academic to transition towards a position in the life sciences industry? Want to know how to showcase yourself and what you have to offer? This is your chance to learn from the experts of QTC recruitment. Their experience with recruiting professionals in the life sciences industry can help you find your selling points and open doors for the next step in your career. Specialised for Food & Agri sectors. 

FEES 

¹ The Early-Bird Fee applies to anyone who REGISTERS ON OR BEFORE 30 APRIL 2021
² Registration is possible UNTIL 10 MAY 2021  
Note:  

• The fee is regardless of how many workshops you take. 
• The Early-Bird policy is such that the moment of REGISTRATION (and not payment) is leading for determining the fee that applies to you.
• Please make sure that your payment is arranged BEFORE 17 MAY 2021.
• It is the participant's responsibility to make sure that he/she (or his/her secretary) completes the payment correctly and in time.

WGS CANCELLATION CONDITIONS

• Up to 2 (two) weeks prior to the start of the event, cancellation is free of charge.
• In case of cancellation within two weeks prior to the start of the event, there will be no refund of the registration fee. 

Note: If you would like to cancel your registration, ALWAYS inform us. Someone else may still be able to take your spot. 

MORE INFORMATION

Dr. Sabine Vreeburg (PE&RC)
Phone: +31 (0) 317 489 853
Email: sabine.vreeburg@wur.nl

Dr. Juliane Teapal (EPS)
Phone: +31 (0) 317 485 563
Email: juliane.teapal@wur.nl

REGISTRATION

To register your participation in the WGS PhD Workshop Carousel 2021, please fill in the form below and click "register".