Courses on Transferable Skills in 2012

The list below aims to compile courses of interest for PhD students in different scientific fields. Besides the courses organised by the University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) listed are also courses organized by the Doctoral Programmes, Departments and Factulties of the University. Thus, when registering for a course, please follow the instructions provided by the course organiser.

Upcoming courses in the Spring 2012

 


CONTINUOUS ACTIVITIES

 

First Article Language Checking Service
Time: 1.3.-31.12.2012
Target group:  PhD students at the University of Turku working on their first article for publication (in English)
Organizers: The University of Turku Language Centre and UTUGS

 

Life after PhD - Seminars in the Spring 2012 - nb! updated programme
Time & Place : 30.1., 5.3., 2.4. and 7.5.2012 (for details, see the programme) NB! Juha Sainio's and Sanna Tuominen's presentations 30.1.2012
Target group: PhD students, supervisors, other researchers and those interested in the topic
Further information: eeva.sievi(at)utu.fi
Organizer: UTUGS
eRegistration for the seminar on March 5, 2012 (registration deadline Feb 27, 2012)
eRegistration for the seminar on April 2, 2012 (registration deadline March 23, 2012)
eRegistration for the seminar on May 7, 2012 (registration deadline April 27, 2012)

 

Frontiers of Science Seminars
Time: on Thursdays at 12.00
Place: Mauno Koivisto Centre auditorium, BioCity (Tykistökatu 6, Turku)
Organizers: Biomaterials Research, Centre for Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Diagnostic Technologies and Applications, Receptor Program, Systems Biology Program, Program for Infection Biology and Infectious Diseases, Doctoral Programmes participating in Turku BioNet

 

PeGaSOS seminars
Time: Wednesday 13.15-14.00
Place: Lecture room Dent 3, Dentalia
Organizers: FINDOS & PeGaSOS



Tieteen popularisointi – näin kerron tutkimuksestani (1 op)
Tohtorikoulutettava kirjoittaa väitöskirjatutkimuksestaan lyhyen (max. 4500 merkkiä) ja yleistajuisen jutun, luetuttaa tekstin ensin ohjaajallaan ja jatkaa tekstin työstämistä Suomen Akatemian tiedottajan Risto Alatarvaan kanssa. Valmis juttu julkaistaan Suomen Akatemian Tietysti.fi-sivustolla.
Järjestäjä: UTUGS ja Suomen Akatemia
Lisätietoja: Eeva Sievi (eeva.sievi-at-utu.fi, 040-1612970) ja Risto Alatarvas (risto.alatarvas-at-aka.fi, 040-828 0648)
Miksi popularisoida, miten ja kenelle – ks. http://www.protsv.fi/sry/Fogelholm.pdf. Esimerkkejä tietysti.fi-populaarijulkaisuista: 

 

COURSES IN THE SPRING 2012

January

Epidemiologian kvantitatiiviset menetelmät (TILB14)
Aika: 11.-13.1. ja 14.-16.3.
Paikka: Tilastotieteen seminaarihuone 469 (Publicum, 4. krs)
Opettaja: Professori Esa Läärä (Oulun yliopisto)
Ilmoittautuminen: 9.1.2012 mennessä - kurssille on ilmoittautumislista tilastotieteessä, lisäksi voi ilmoittautua sähköpostitse Eila Seppäselle (eila.seppanen-at-utu.fi)
Järjestäjä: Tilastotiede

 

Esimies- ja alaistaidot (3 op)
Aika: 12.01. ja 17.1. klo 13.15 - 16.00, 26.1. ja 2.2. klo 9.15 - 12.00
Paikka: Cal2 (Calonia ls 2, oik.tdk)
Vastuullinen opettaja: Soili Keskinen
Ilmoittautuminen kurssille on päättynyt (dl. 10.1.2012 mennessä)
Järjestäjä: Turun työtieteiden keskus


Being a Successful Research Leader
Time: 13.1.2012 at 8.30-12.30
Place: Mauno Koivisto Centre auditorium (BioCity, Tykistökatu 6, Turku)
Registration: by Monday January 9, 2012 via eRegistration
Organizers: Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine (TCSM) and Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)


7 secrets of highly successful PhD students
Time: 13.1.2012 at 13.00-16.30
Place: ICT building, Beta hall (Joukahaisenkatu 2-3, Turku)
Registration: by Monday January 9, 2012 via eRegistration
Organizers: Turku BioNet doctoral programs, BioCity Turku and UTUGS
 Course Feedback Form


Academic Presentation Skills (2 ECTS, KIEN3041)
Time: on Thursdays starting 19.1.2012 at 14:15-15:45 - NB! updated time (10 times)
Place: LS II, University Main Building
Registration: is closed (deadline Jan 10, 2012) - NB! max. 12 participants
Responsible teacher: Henno Parks
Organizer: UTUGS


Academic Writing Clinic (1 ECT, KIEN3022)
Time: 27/1, 24/2, 30/3, 27/4, 25/5 (the last Fridays of each month) at 10-12
Place: Pub 3 (Assistentinkatu 7)
Registration: is closed (registration by Jan 18, 2012)
Teachers: Jane Honka, Henno Parks, Gordon Henderson, Mike Nelson
Organizer: UTUGS

 

February

Labour Law for Research Professionals (1 ECTS)
Time: 14.2.2012 at 13.00-16.00
Place: Calonia 2 (Vänrikinkatu 2, 2. floor)
Responsible teacher: Professor Kevät Nousiainen
Registration: is closed (dl 1.2.2012)
Organiser: UTUGS
Course Evaluation Form

 

Academic Writing for Publication (4 ECTS)
Time: 17.2. at 9-14 (lectures), 20.4. at 8-16 (workshop and supervised writing), 14.-15.6.2012 at 9-16 (workshops and supervised writing + lectures)
Place: University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science (Sanitas building, Lemminkäisenkatu 1)
Course leader: Sanna Salanterä, Professor of Clinical Nursing Science
Requirement for participation: Student must have material for scientific article. Recommended for first or second year of PhD studies
Registration: the course is full
Organizer: Finnish Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science

 

March

Wordillä väitöskirjoja ja tutkimuspapereita
Aika: to 1.3. klo 8.30-10.00 (osa 1) ja 10.15-11.45 (osa 2)
Paikka: Turun kauppakorkeakoulu (Rehtorinpellontie 3, T57 kampuskartassa), atk1-luokka
Kohderyhmä: tohtorikoulutettavat ja muut tutkijat (max. 24 osallistujaa)
Kouluttaja: Lehtori Timo Leino, Turun kauppakorkeakoulu
Ilmoittautuminen on päättynyt (dl 17.2.2012)
Järjestäjä: UTUGS


Contemporary Research in Financial Accounting and Governance
Time & place: 5.-9.3.2012 & 16.-20.4.2012, Turku School of Economics (see the programme for details)
Registration: by 2.3.2012 via e-mailing to noora.kedonpera-at-utu.fi
Further information: Angela Gore (angela.gore-at-utu.fi) or Hannu Schadéwitz (hannu.schadewitz-at-utu.fi)
Organizer: Graduate School of Accounting (GSA)

 

Philosophy of Science (3 ECTS)
Time:Tuesdays at 16.15-17.45 starting on 13.3.2012 (no lecture on 1.5.)
Place: lecture hall Pub4 (Assistentinkatu 7)
Registration: by March 6, 2012 via eRegistration
Responsible Lecturers: Marko Ahteensuu & Timo Kajamies
Organizer: UTUGS

 

Patent databases and market information sources
Time: Two identical training sessions at 8:30 – 11:30: in Finnish 15th of March and in English 28th of March 2012
Place: DC-Åbo Gripens pc-klass (Åbo Akademi, Gripen, Hämeenkatu 13 B, 1 stair up)
Registration: via e-mail to anne.backlund-at-utu.fi or tel. 333 6628 not later than two days before the training session
Organizers: University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University / TULI-program

 

Designing experimental and field experimental research (2 ECTS)
Time & Place: Tue 20.3. in Edu2 and Wed 21.3. in Pub 431 and Educarium Data Class 454, University of Turku
Registration: before 27.2.2012 to Tarja-Riitta Hurme (trhurme-at-utu.fi)
Organizers: Doctoral programme for multidisciplinary research on learning environments (OPMON) and the Doctoral programme for Psychology (DOPSY)

 

April

Academic Presentation Skills (2 ECTS, KIEN3041)
Time: 5.4., 12.4., 19.4., 3.5. and 10.5.2012 at 8.30-11.45 (with 15 min break)
Place: Room K110, Juslenia
Registration: by March 26, 2012 via eRegistration
Responsible teacher: tba
Organizer: UTUGS

 

Copyrights and Industrial Property Rights (2 ECTS) - nb! updated programme
Time:12.4., 17.04, 19.4., 24.04., 26.04., 03.05., 08.05. and 10.05. at 14:00 - 16:00
Place: 12.4. and 19.4. in Edu 3, other lectures in Edu 2 (Assistentinkatu 5)
Registration: by March 15, 2012 via eRegistration
Responsible Lecturer: Jari Hovinen
Organizer: UTUGS

 

Cross-over Trials (TILB15)
Time: 10.-13.4.2012
Place: tba
Organizer: Statistics unit

 

May

Tieteen popularisointi
Aika: 7.5.2012 klo 13.00-16.00
Paikka: ilmoitetaan myöhemmin
Ilmoittautuminen: www-ilmoittautumislomakkeella (avataan ajankohdan lähestyessä)
Vastuuopettaja: Anne Paasi
Järjestäjä: UTUGS ja TY-viestintä

 

Statistics Workshop (1 ECTS)
Time: 23.-24.5.2012 at 10-16
Place: Pub 5 (Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7, University of Turku)
Registration: not open yet
Responsible Lecturer: Timo RuusuvirtaLecturers: Prof. Todd Little, University of California at Riverside
Organizer: DOPSY

 

TuBS PhD student Symposium 'Immunology, Neurobiology and Cancer - Personalized Science'
Time: 31.5.2012 (for details, see the programme)
Place: Mauno Koivisto Centre, BioCity, Turku
Registration: by Friday, April 13th 2012 via eRegistration
Organizers: TuBS PhD students

 


Other courses in the Spring

Tiedonhaku ja tietokannat
Kevät 2012

 


FALL 2012

September

Academic Writing
Time: starting Tuesday 11/9, 2012 at 8.30-10.00 (10 times)
Place: to be announced
Registration: via eRegistration (not open yet)
Organizer: UTUGS


Academic Presentation Skills
Time: starting Thursday 13/9, 2012 at 14-16 (10 times)
Place to be announced
Registration: via eRegistration (not open yet)
Organizer: UTUGS

 

23.02.2012 08:50 Eeva Sievi