300217 UE Professional development: skills of the trade (2022S)

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Th 10.02.2022 08:00 to Th 24.02.2022 18:00
Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2022 18:00

Details

max. 15 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Aikaterini Douka

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Fridays 9:45-11:30am at UBB, Room 5.1 (floor 5)
25.03.22
01.04.22
08.04.22
29.04.22
06.05.22
13.05.22
20.05.22
27.05.22
03.06.22
17.06.22

    
    Friday
    25.03.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    01.04.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    08.04.
    09:45 - 10:45
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    29.04.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    06.05.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    13.05.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    20.05.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    27.05.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    03.06.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
    
    Friday
    17.06.
    09:45 - 11:30
    Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Becoming a successful scientist and academic requires not only expertise on one’s area of research, but also the ability to succinctly and successfully present this expertise to different audiences and formats. From CV writing to conference and poster presentations

The seminar series is structured in a tutorial style and as alternating weekly presentations followed by in-class discussion and assessments of a given topic. By the end of it, all attendees will have direct experience to CV writing, presentations and posters, job application and grant proposal writing.

25.03.22 1-Introduction to Professional Development : the becoming of a scientist (ethics, career paths, work-life balance)
01.04.22 2a-Presenting your work to your peers: conference talks and posters
08.04.22 2b-Class assessment of a conference poster or a pecha kucha
29.04.22 3a-Presenting your work to the public and the media: science communication
06.05.22 3b-Class assessment of a press release
13.05.22 4a-Academic CVs, job applications and job interviews
20.05.22 4b-Assessment of own “job application” or CV
27.05.22 5a-Crash course on graphic design and scientific imaging
03.06.22 5b-Assessment of graphical abstract (for scientific paper)
17.06.22 6-PhD proposal and grant application writing

Assessment and permitted materials

Lecture slides (Moodle University of Vienna) and bibliographic references
In-class assessment of presented work

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

55% examination
45% in-class assessment

Examination topics

Lecture slides and/or references provided for each topic

Reading list