Transversal Training

A wide range of complementary and transverse training is offered to provide Master and PhD students with soft skills and prepare them to employability in academia as well as in industry.

Transversal Training for all 

The Graduate Research School (CED) offers a wide range of complementary and transversal training to allow students to draw up personalized training plan in accordance with their thesis supervisor and their research and professional project. Various topics, such as scientific ethics, scientific communication, language and communication skills, training to teaching, support for job research, entrepreneurship, etc. 

Additional transversal training for neuroscience students

The Bordeaux Neurocampus Graduate Program is also working to develop new transversal training, especially for its Master and PhD students in neuroscience, to answer specific needs, such as:

Entrepreneurship Week

Entrepreneurship week 

A novel intensive course denominated “UBCreate” has been launched since September 2019 by Agnès Nadjar within the frame of the Bordeaux Neurocampus Graduate School. This course introduces students to the basic concepts of entrepreneurship and technology transfer.

Course structure

The course is divided into two parts :

  1. Online training from September to December 
  2. Hands-on project in January

Every year, during the first week of January, graduated students will work with consultants on a fictitious business idea, write the Business Model and pitch it in front of a jury made of entrepreneurs, funders, incubators representatives.

This course also focuses on the importance of networking and other transferable skills; for example, students will meet with young entrepreneurs to discuss in an informal way around business lunches. 

Grant-Writing Skills for Early-Career Researchers

Grant-Writing Skills for Early-Career Researchers

Training course suitable for early- to mid-career researchers in life sciences.

Aims

1/ Interpret your funding agency's application form and evaluation criteria correctly.

2/ Use strong structure in State of the Art, Objectives, Methodology, and Work Programme sections.

3/ Provide clear, convincing answers to the critical requirements of feasibility, novelty, research significance, and potential impact.

4/ Make a persuasive description of your research environment, collaborations, public outreach, dissemination, and valorization ideas if the funding agency requires.

5/ Write a project management plan that avoids the common traps.

 Program

1/ Podcast :  Introduction: Persuasion in Grant Writing; State of the Art, Objectives; Methodological Programme; - Evaluation criteria: Novelty, Feasibility, Impact; The Abstract; CV and Motivation Statement;  Writing skills

Two/ Home assignments

3/ Brainstorming sessions in a mini-group, with the topic: distilling the strategic messages of your proposal

4/ Final workshop meeting with questions and answers

Pedagogical team

Julia Staykova-McKinnon, Ph.D. in Neuroscience 

Scriptorium Training & Consulting: http://scriptoriumconsulting.com/grant-writing-workshops  

Visual Communication Webinar for Scientists

Visual communication webinar for scientists 

Learn to visualize your science to effectively communicate the message https://www.seyens.com/webinars/ https://www.seyens.com/webinars/

Aims

1/ Learn how to effectively communicate scientific ideas and results by applying best visual communication practices

2/ Understand the principles and the design approaches used by experts

3/ Design a compelling communication support that conveys all the key project strengths 

Program

Day 1 - Essentials

  1. Communication with scientific and non scientific audiences
  2. Perception and what humans find intuitive
  3. Organization: structure to simplify comprehension
  4. Eye-flow: effortlessly guide through the design
  5. Colors: how to amplify, not ‘fancify’
  6. Typography: fonts for legibility and aesthetics
  7. Consistency: consistent style for multiple fig.
  8. General design advice: from science illustrators
  9. Feedback - Discussion on pre-submitted figures
  10. Graphical abstract drawing exercise and group feedback

 Day 2 – Application

  1. Conference posters: purpose, strategy and process to attract and explain
  2. Group work – posters feedback
  3. Slides that don’t distract
  4. Feedback on slides
  5. Grants/project proposals: how to structure and visually enhance a document to help the evaluator
  6. Digital image file-types: compression, resolution and the best use of vector and raster images

Pedagogical team

Dr. Jernej Zupanc, Science Communication Coach & Consultant

https://www.seyens.com/jernej-zupanc/

To get more information, please contact us at neurocampus.graduateprogram@u-bordeaux.fr 

Updated on 14/01/2022

More information about PhD transversal training

Contact for PhD Transversal Training

BLANCHE MASCLEF
Project officer for "training expertise and career pursuit"

05 40 00 27 78
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