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Titel Career Skills for Scientists
Kursnummer 2463
Program 0-Inte del av forskarutbildningsprogram
Språk Engelska
Antal högskolepoäng 1.5
Datum 2024-01-23 -- 2024-03-14
Kursansvarig institution Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik
Särskild behörighet
Kursens syfte This course prepares PhD students for life after the dissertation. You start to explore your transferable skills and how to communicate them. You learn about yourself and the many career paths for PhDs. The course also allows you to expand your contacts and network. This course encourages you to explore your interests, talents, and skills.
Kursens lärandemål After the course, the participants should be able to:
- discuss career options and pathways in academic and non-academic settings, covering different organisations in the private and public sectors,
- identify transferable skills achieved during doctoral training and explain the value of these skills within and outside academia,
- apply what they have learned in the course to communicate their skills in different forms and situations.
Kursens innehåll The course sessions cover the exploration of your skills and interests and illustrate different academic and non-academic career paths. You will also get information about finding postdoc positions and preparing your CV. Throughout the course, you will get many chances to practice your "networking" through interaction with different presenters and through the course assignment.
Arbetsformer The course is planned to take place in person. The course is split up into different sessions, given over five weeks, plus one week of final presentations. The course demands active participation and reflection from the participants. The course will be highly interactive and will consist of lectures and discussions. As part of an individual assignment, you will reach out to and interview two persons: one person working in academia and another person working in a non-academic role.
Obligatoriska moment An absence can be compensated with an extra individual assignment. The student needs to reach out and interview a third person working in academia or working in a non-academic role.
Examination The examination consists of two parts:
Part one - Report about the individual assignment including regarding the two interviews.
Part two - Oral presentation of the reflection on the learning experience, including expectations, outcomes, and future application.
Kurslitteratur och övriga läromedel No literature needs to be purchased or arranged prior to the course. You will get references and tips for further reading as the course progresses.
Antal studenter 30 - 40
Urval av studenter Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date)
Övrig information The course runs over 8 weeks and is built up as follows: A) January 23 – March 14: 10 sessions (in-person) in total (five weeks). The time of the course is from 10.00-12.00 every Tuesday and Thursday, including private study (total +- 6h/week). B) February 27 – March 7: 2 weeks of individual exam prep (total +- 4h/week) + optional internship info sessions. C) March 12 – March 14: 1 week of exam presentations in smaller groups (+- 2h). A more detailed schedule will be available to course participants on the course web. For questions about the course content, contact Y. Vladimir Pabón-Martínez (vladimir.pabonmartinez@ki.se). For practical questions about your application, contact Liisa (liisa.olsson@ki.se). Course examiner: Hanna Jansson (hanna.jansson@ki.se)
Ytterligare kursledare
Senaste kursvärdering Kursvärderingsrapport
Kursansvarig Hanna Jansson
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik
0852483861
hanna.jansson@ki.se
Kontaktpersoner Vladimir Pabón-Martínez
Universitetsförvaltningen

vladimir.pabonmartinez@ki.se