PhD News
Training Activities 2023-2024
PhD programmes include both transversal and specific activities in the area of each programme.
Transversal activities are useful for people who are doing their doctorate outside their area of knowledge, since they offer the opportunity to acquire transversal competences during the training period of the PhD programme. You can find the transversal activities organised by the UAB and presented by the School for Doctoral Studies in all together in this section for quick and easy access to the information.
For the specific activities, you can find the information in individual folders for each of the PhD programmes.
Within the transversal activities, the Language Service of the UAB offers language courses specifically addressed at PhD students: the course Support for writing a doctoral thesis in Catalan and the course Thesis writing in English.
The Doctoral School also offers some seminars related to the competences of Industrial Doctoral Research such as How to validate your research, Technology-based intellectual property, Leadership techniques, Home office or How to expand your network of contacts to get a job, among others. The activities offered may change each academic year depending on the trainers' availability. In the description of each activity the course language is also detailed.
For further information on how to get the attendance certificates for transversal activities, please contact Gestió ed.transversals@uab.cat.
To include these activities in your academic record, please check this video (click on the subtitle icon at the bottom right corner). Select the type of activity 65 (Transversal Activity) and write the name of the activity in the field “Description”. It is highly recommended to fill this field in the three available languages (Catalan, Spanish and English).
Below you can find the available courses. These activities are exclusively addressed to early stage researchers enrolled at UAB Doctoral School as students of a doctoral programme offered by the UAB. Please bear in mind that the scheduled activities may be subject to some changes.
WRITING A THESIS IN ENGLISH
Sciences, Health Sciences and Engineering
Date: 23/10/2023 to 27/11/2023, Mondays and Wednesdays from 17 to 19 h
Mode: on-site
Language: English
Trainer: Servei de Llengües
Law, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Date: 24/10/2023 to 23/11/2023, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 17 to 19 h
Mode: on-site
Language: English
Trainer: Servei de Llengües
Addressed to: early stage researchers with an accredited B2.2 English level and who do not have English as a native or native-like language
Issues related to academic-scientific writing, specialized languages and the conventions of formal university texts are addressed. The course is thought as a support in the writing process of the thesis. Participants can share small fragments of their text, so specific doubts can be solved. The classes for this course will be online via videoconference.
For more information visit the Servei de Llengües website.
PRESENTING RESEARCH
Date: 24/10/2023 to 23/11/2023, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13 to 15 h
Mode: on-site
Venue: to be confirmed
Language: English
Trainer: Servei de Llengües
Addressed to: early stage researchers with an accredited B2.2 English level and who do not have English as a native or native-like language
The Doctoral school organises, together with the Languages Service, this course aimed at strengthening researchers’ skills for presentations in English in working sessions, workshops, seminars and conferences. Participants will learn to control anxiety and nerves before a presentation, to choose and organize contents to make an interesting and persuasive oral presentation and to adapt their discourse to the public. They will also learn to develop and use a script and other support systems for the transmission of content (PowerPoint or Prezi), to express themselves naturally and to manage the questions of the audience. The course also focuses on aspects such as register and linguistic correctness.
More information and registrations via Aula Moodle.
FROM SCIENCE TO THE MARKETPLACE
Date: October-December 2023, schedule to be confirmed
Mode: on-site (Startup UB lab)
Language: Catalan and Spanish
Addressed to: master's degree and PhD students
The University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Pompeu Fabra University have launched the fifth edition of 'From science to the marketplace', a 100% subsidised training course to foster scientific entrepreneurship. The programme consists of 100 hours of training on knowledge transfer and business creation. In addition, each project will have between 2 and 10 hours of individualized tutoring with professionals from the sector.
More information and registrations here.
CHEMICAL RISKS IN THE LABORATORY
Virtual self-learning course available all the academic year round.
Mode: virtual
Language: Catalan, Spanish and English
Trainer: UAB Risk Prevention Service
Addressed to: course specially recommended to early stage researchers working in a lab. This activity is equivalent to the one with the same name offered by the Unitat de Formació.
The Doctoral School organises, together with the Risk Prevention Service, this course that aims at informing and rising awareness about the most common risk factors for human health and safety in the laboratories by training in risk detection and protection systems.
Aims
• To identify the most common risks in a laboratory.
• To know the most common entry channels of chemical contaminants and biological agents.
• To know the most common protection systems in the laboratory. Fume hoods, biological safety booths, individual protection equipment.
• To learn tools for a qualitative risk assessment.
• To raise awareness about preventive culture.
More information via Aula Moodle.
WRITING AN ABSTRACT AND OUTLINING A SCIENTIFIC PAPER
Date 1st group: 07/11/2023 from 10 to 12 h
Date 2nd group: 07/11/2023 from 15 to 17 h
Mode: virtual
Language: English
Trainer: Blanca Arias Badia,
Addressed to: early stage researchers
The Doctoral School organises this workshop that aims to provide answer answers to the following questions, among other: What kind of information should an abstract include? What is the clearest way to distribute information in an abstract? Why are keywords important? How can we avoid vagueness? Other aspects such as structure and style will be considered, as well as further practical matters, such as hints on how to meet today’s editors’ and reviewers’ expectations.
This practical session will be based on real examples in different fields of study. Attendants are also invited to bring their own abstracts to the workshop so their proposals can be discussed together.
Registrations morning group.
Registrations afternoon group.
RESEARCH DATA: OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING AND DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Date: several sessions
Mode: virtual
Language: Catalan, Spanish and English
Trainer: Servei de Biblioteques
Addressed to: early-starge researchers. Specially recommended for 2nd and 3rd year PhD students
The Doctoral School organises, together with the Libraries Service, this course that aims to offer a general overview on the publication of open access research data. Firstly, attendees will be given an explanation about research data, the benefits of publishing them open access and the regulations ruling it. The repositories to publish those data will also be explained, such as the institutional repository for research data at UAB, CORA RDR, and some advice will be given on the process to prepare data to be published. The essential elements to create a Data Management Plan will also be addressed.
The course is mainly addressed to early stage researchers preparing their theses, articles or any other research documents containing data that need to be stored and that could be checked by other researchers.
Contents
- Research data
- Requirements
- FAIR principles
- Data Management Plan
- CORA RDR
- Other research data repositories
- Good practices
Registrations and timetables via Aula Moodle.
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
Date: 15/11/2023 from 9 to 14 h
Mode: on-site
Venue: room 3, Doctoral School
Language: Catalan
Trainer: Teresa Guix (Co-empren)
The seminar " Lego Serious Play " aims to foster creative skills and the ability to solve complex issues, individually and in a collaborative way. The Lego® Serious Play ® methodology will be taught, as well as its possible uses.
For more information and registrations visit the Aula Moodle.
GOOD RESEARCH PRACTICES AND RESEARCH INTEGRITY AT THE UAB
Virtual self-learning course available all the academic year round.
Mode: virtual
Trainer: Ethics Committee on Animal and Human Experimentation
Language: English
Addressed to: early stage researchers
The Doctoral School organises this online seminar to transmit to early career researchers their responsibilities as future scientists, including awareness of and ability to deal with issues concerning research integrity and research ethics in a wider sense while promoting responsible conduct of research. Early career researchers will have the opportunity to learn ethical principles and apply them to problems they will encounter during their professional activities as researchers.
WELCOME SESSION. THE DOCTORAL STUDIES AS A FORMATIVE PROCESS. Academic year 2023-2024
Date: 28/11/2023, from 11 to 12 h.
Mode: hybrid (virtual and on-site)
Language: Spanish
Addressed to: early stage researchers
The Welcome Session of the UAB Doctoral School is specially addressed to first year PhD candidates but it is also open to other early stage researchers that may be interested in attending. This session will combine a live conference about open science with some videos available on Aula Moodle where some practical information will be given.
More information and registrations via Aula Moodle.
ZOTERO
Virtual self-learning course available from November to May.
Mode: virtual
Language: Catalan, Spanish and English
Trainer: Servei de Biblioteques
Addressed to: early stage researchers
The course is structured in five modules. The aim of this course is to offer a broad vision of the reference manager Zotero, that allows storing, organising and sharing information. Estimated dedication time is 4.5 hours.
Contents
- What is Zotero?
- Personal library
- Organising your personal library
- Gathering and inserting references in a text
- Teamwork
More information via Aula Moodle.
HOW TO DESIGN YOUR PHD WITH THE IDEA PUZZLE® SOFTWARE
Date: 1/12/2023 from 10 to 11.30 h
Mode: virtual
Language: English
Trainer: Ricardo Morais (Idea Puzzle)
Addressed to: early stage researchers
The Doctoral School organises this seminar where the use and possibilities of the Idea Puzzle® software will be explained. This software is thought to design, diagnose and defend research projects. It constitutes an investment in life-long research skills.
Contents:
- Research as a system of 21 decisions
- Theoretical decisions of your research
- Methodological decisions of your research
- Empirical decisions of your research
- Rhetoric decisions of your research
- Authorial decisions of your research
- Application to participants' research with the Idea Puzzle® software
More information via Aula Moodle.
ELEVATOR PITCH
Date: 4, 11, 13, 18 & 20/12/2023, Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 12 h
Language: English
Mode: virtual
Trainer: Servei de Llengües
Addressed to: early stage researchers with an accredited B2.2 English level and who do not have English as a native or native-like language
Aim: to prepare attendees to explain their projects in English and in a limited time.
The Doctoral School organises, together with the Language Service, this course to create an interesting, entertaining, persuasive and attractive speech from the point of view of substance and form. The course will address aspects such as the analysis of the expectations of the interlocutor or the audience, the ability to synthesize and the communication of complex content in a simple and informative language. All attendees will produce a short speech to be presented in front of their colleagues. Feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of the intervention will be given.
Registrations via Aula Moodle.
GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN RESEARCH
Date: 12 & 14/12/2023, from 10 to 13 h
Mode: on-site
Venue: aula 1, Doctoral School
Language: Catalan
Trainer: Enrico Mora, Department of Sociology
The Doctoral School organises the course "Gender Perspective in Research". The course will enable researchers to embed gender equality in their own research proposals, as well as training their ability to review research proposals from a sex-gender perspective.
For more information and registrations visit the Aula Moodle.
RESEARCH PAPERS
Social Sciences and Humanities.
Date: 12/12/2023 to 25/01/2024, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14 a 16 h
Language: English
Mode: virtual
Trainer: Servei de Llengües
Addressed to: early stage researchers with an accredited B2.2 English level and who do not have English as a native or native-like language
Aim: To improve the writing of scientific papers in English
The Doctoral School organises, together with the Languages Service, this course on one of the most common sorts of discourse in scientific communication, the scientific paper. The participants develop and consolidate the necessary skills to write scientific papers in English. The course addresses aspects related to the standardized structure of papers (introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions) and the formal and discursive characteristics that these parts must have. Questions related to English vocabulary and correct grammar and syntactic structures when writing papers are also addressed.
Registrations via Aula Moodle.
