BIOME graduates have to attend at least one soft-skill workshop a year. M.D./Ph.D candidates are obliged to attend at least two soft-skill training sessions a year. Please download this attendance sheet to help you document your participation at the workshops:
The soft skill programme at the University of Duisburg-Essen is provided by the Graduate Center Plus. For regular feeds about soft skill courses, please subscribe to the GC Plus mailing list!
Further courses of interest may also be found in collaboration with the Ruhr University Bochum. To register for RUB workshops, please contact Dr. Ursula Justus.
Target audience: BIOME members close to the end of their PhD/post-docs
Host: GC Plus
Venue: Innovationsfabrik des SSC, Essen Main Campus, Room V15 S01 C97
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Trainer: Jan Schilling
Language: English
Participants: 14
Registration: Register here by 17.01.2019
Programme
Target audience: BIOME members
Host: UDE Patent Office / CRC 1093 Workshop
Venue: Morning session: Essen Main Campus, Room S05 T05 B01; Afternoon session: Essen Main Campus, PC Pool Room S03 S03 A05
Time: 10.15 – 12.45 and 14.15 – 16.45
Trainers: Dr. Isabel Aller and Dr. Wolfram Schleich
Language: English
Participants: 20 per session
Registration: crc1093@uni-due.de
Programme
Target audience: BIOME members
Host: BIOME and UDE Career Service (ABZ)
Venue: Universitätsklinikum Essen, Lehr- und Lernzentrum, Deichmann-Auditorium, Virchowstraße 163a, 45147 Essen
Time: 16:00-18:00
Trainer: REAL Dienstleistungs GmbH
Language: German
Participants: Open
Registration: abz.seminar@uni-due.de
Contact: gabriele.amely@uni-due.de
More information
This collaboration project with UDE’s Career Service (ABZ) is aimed at all doctorates who wish to pursue a career in the German industry after their PhD. The one-year programme is open to both genders, with a focus on candidates with a diversity background.
Language: German (C1 or higher)
Venue: Universitätscampus Duisburg
Registration deadline: 04.11.2018
Contact: mechthild.budde@uni-due.de
Programme
Seminars within the categories 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the further training programme at the Universitätsklinikum Essen are considered to be equivalent to other soft-skill workshops.
Some of the wide-ranging workshops offered by UDE's Career Service may be of great interest and use to BIOME members.
The following online courses have been recommended by fellow BIOME members:
Biostatistics/Data Analysis
Scientific Writing
Writing in the Sciences
German language courses at different levels are offered to guest scientists and visiting researchers by the University of Duisburg-Essen's Institute for Optional Studies.
Contact and Registration: sprachkurse@uni-due.de
The Universitätsklinikum Essen is offering a German course tailored to meet the needs of local international medical doctors.
Contact and registration: www.uk-essen.de/bildungsakademie
Aspects covered in this language course include: