Join GSNS’ mandatory 3-day onboarding programme and get a strong start to your PhD journey. The programme is designed to support you in successfully initiating and navigating your PhD project by providing practical tools, valuable insights, and opportunities for reflection and networking.
Through a combination of workshops and peer-mentoring activities, you will be introduced to key topics such as research integrity, career development, work-life balance, and personal development as a scientist. The programme also offers guidance on handling the challenges and opportunities that may arise throughout your PhD.
By participating in the programme, you will gain essential knowledge and skills for your PhD while also earning 3 ECTS credits. In addition to developing essential skills and knowledge, the onboarding programme is a great opportunity to meet fellow PhD students, share experiences, and begin building a strong academic and social network across disciplines.
The onboarding programme is mandatory for GSNS PhD students enrolled on Part A. PhD students enrolled on Part B are also welcome to participate; however, please note that the programme is primarily tailored to the needs of Part A students.
Read more about the programme and the individual workshops below.
Please sign up here.
Please note, if you have participated in the Introduction Day and/or workshops in the previous version of the onboarding programme but are still missing one or more mandatory workshops, you are welcome to send a request to Mathilde Skarum-Johnsen (matsj@au.dk) or Sututhi Perrananthasivam (sper@au.dk) to attend the relevant individual workshops included in the three-day onboarding programme. We kindly ask that you do not register for the full three-day onboarding programme in CoMa.
Purpose
Through the Peer Mentoring Groups you will meet PhD students from other Programmes. The aim is that you will support each other with sparring, ideas and inspiration. The purpose is to enhance the well-bring for all PhD students. The Peer Mentoring Groups consisting of 6 PhD students from different Programmes will be formed by the PhD School and announced on the Introduction day.
Structure and roles
At your first meeting you schedule meetings for one year, 2-3 hours once a month. If you are abroad you can join in virtual via Zoom. You take turns leading the meetings. Schedule this at your first meeting too. Agree on level of confidentiality: What from the meetings can be shared outside the group?
Agenda and themes
At your first meeting you brainstorm and make a list of themes and good ideas for your agendas.
We propose an agenda for the meeting. Please adjust it so it brings value to your group:
Example on how to structure a meeting
Time | Agenda |
15 min | Welcome |
45 min | Status |
15 min | Break |
1,5 hour | Today’s theme Maybe a brainstorm is helpful? Maybe sharing experiences? Maybe a third way? |
15 min | Rounding of |
After participation in the mandatory 3-day onboarding programme, you should enter it under the Course section in My PhD.
After having completed the Epigeum module, you must upload the end-of-module confirmation in My PhD. You must choose the category ‘PhD course’, name the element ‘Epigeum online course’ and choose 0 ECTS.
The aim of this workshop is to provide PhD students with an opportunity to reflect upon research integrity, responsible conduct of research, and freedom of research in relation to their own research. The course will enable you to understand and incorporate issues concerning research planning, data management, publication and communication, authorship and contributorship, collaboration, and conflicts of interests into your own research practices.
In this workshop, we make the objectives of the PhD education explicit and equip students with strategies and tools to develop as independent scientists. In session 1, we discuss the skills and competences of a PhD – and their importance to society. In session 2, students present their research projects in small, cross-departmental groups and for each project discuss the opportunities for developing independence. Session 3 has a focus on the collaboration with supervisors and presents ways to negotiate roles and address progression during the education.
This workshop seeks to answer questions on well-being and work-life balance. It is divided into two session concering: four sessions concerning: What does science tell us about the benefits and challenges of living a busy life?, Building your psychological tool box, what is good life in academia? and imposter phenomenom.
A PhD is a time to submerge into interesting research and exciting new contexts, but it is also a time to tend to your future career. Your PhD is a step towards your next job regardless of your professional background and your thoughts on career direction. This workshop will aim at encouraging you to build career management skills during your PhD: strengthen your knowledge and understanding of how adding a career perspective to your PhD is beneficial both for your professional development as a researcher and for ensuring that you have the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for your next career step.
In this workshop, AU Library will introduce you to the task of working with data and publications, both your own and that of others: How to find data and publications, manage them, and what to be aware of, when you want to publish your results, including copyright and Open Access.
A presentation from the Travel Group about grants, taxes and reimbursement.
