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PhD success and personal efficacy 3 November 2025 - 17 December 2025

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This training is for first-year PhD students with three months to a year of experience.

As a PhD student at the beginning of your research, you need to become familiar with your research area in a short time and learn how to determine the path you will follow. In this training you will learn to set your own goals, develop a strategy to achieve them and communicate about them with others.

The training covers the following:

  • Time and project management
  • Communicating effectively with others
  • Presentation

This intensive training is largely based on practical exercises. You learn by carrying out assignments and applying what you have learned in your own work situation. Attention is paid to personal learning goals and you receive personal feedback on the exercises. You are given small assignments so that you can apply what you have learned.

Practical information and registration

The training is given in English. The training takes place over a period of about 6 weeks and consists of 6 sessions. With all participants, intake interviews are held to align their issues with the content of the training and to discuss how you can actively participate. More information and registration.

Start of training

The intake interviews will take place online on 3 and 4 November (09.30 - 12.30).
The training will start on Monday 24 November 2025 at Grand hotel Amstelveen, Bovenkerkerweg 81, Amstelveen.

What do we expect from you?

We expect you to actively participate, ask questions and share your experiences with your fellow students. This way you can learn from each other. It is therefore important that you can converse in English on a good level about personal matters and about your research.

ECTS

Participants will receive a certificate and 2 ECTS after full participation in the course.

About PhD success and personal efficacy

Starting date

  • 3 November 2025 - 17 December 2025

Location

  • Grand Hotel Amstelveen

Address

  • Bovenkerkerweg 81
  • 1187 XC Amstelveen

Organised by

  • VU Learning and Development

Language

  • English

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