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Newsletter Antwerp Doctoral School #8 - March 2012

Courses Antwerp Doctoral School

February 2012


Currently you can still register for the following courses: Academic Writing, Applied Communication & presentation skills. This month the registration period for the following courses will start: an extra session Presentation Skills & 2 extra sessions Academic Writing.

More info on the content and the registration can be found on the ADS website. Registration is only possible through the new self service on the website.

Interuniversity courses and activities

Collaboration Flemish Doctoral Schools

At the end of last year, the Flemish government approved a subsidy for the Flemish universities to support initiatives for young researchers. Part of this subsidy will be used for collaboration between (at least 3) Flemish universities. Do you, as a PhD student, (want to) organize such an activity and you need some financial support? Then you can still respond to this call (Dutch). Following interuniversity activities are already planned:
  • PhD Career Focus (Humanities). 19th and 26th of April, 3rd and 10th of May 2012 (Brussels). More info and registration
  • Doctoral seminar Social sciences. 21-23 May 2012 (Brussels). More info
  • From PhD to Job Market (Social sciences and Humanities). 21 September 2012. More info will follow.

Calendar

March 2012

  • PhD Event – Job opportunities at the Boston Consulting group. 7th March (Brussels). more info
  • PhD seminar “Doing fieldwork in developing countries: methodological challenges”. 7th March (Antwerpen, IOB) . more info
  • OPINNO (Biotech). 7th March and 23th May (Antwerp and Ghent). more info
  • UZA research club. Lectures 7, 14, 21, 28 March more info
 

Calls for PhD students

March 2012

  • Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture: Peripheral Modernities. 9-14 July 2012. more info
  • UCSIA Summer School "Culture, Religion and Society". 26 August - 2 September 2012 (Antwerp). more info
  • UCSIA international workshop “Beauty: Commons vs. Contests”. 24-26 Oct. 2012 (Antwerpen). more info
  • UCSIA Re-imagining Imprisonment in Europe - Scribani Conference 5-7 September 2012 (Dublin, Ireland). more info

The PhD survival guide

For and by PhD students!


Dr. Leonardo Almeida-Souza and dr. Jonathan Baets, two former PhD students at the University of Antwerp, wrote a usefull PhD Survival Guide “with the intention to reach and help as many PhD students as possible.” An excerpt: “Some years ago, one of us was talking to an acclaimed scientist who suddenly stopped mid-conversation and said: “Can I give you some advice? Learn to ignore your supervisor.” Read more.
   

Did you know...?


that the most recent updates on events, seminars, courses, vacancies, … can be found on the calendar of the website of the Antwerp Doctoral School?
 

Antwerp Doctoral School


Kim Huyge
Kristien Wijffels


http://www.ua.ac.be/adse

Editor:
Kim Huyge
Antwerp Doctoral School
Universiteit Antwerpen

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