This Global Health workshop series will offer participants the opportunity to join various online workshops to improve their academic writing, communication skills and other academic "soft skills" relevant to the field of global health and beyond. In addition, this will be a great opportunity to meet and connect with other PhD candidates and early career researchers.
Twelve online half-day workshops are aimed to improve academic skills, relevant for early career researchers, PhD candidates, and postdocs. Over the course of three weeks, experts and senior researchers will facilitate (interactive) workshops, sharing the most common pitfalls in academic writing, and providing tips and tools to give engaging presentations, write stunning papers, and obtain research grants.
Please note that a limited number of spots is available (max. 30).
All workshops are offered virtually on Monday and Tuesday, with one session between 10am and 1pm (NL time), and one session between 2 and 5pm (NL time). The following workshops are including in this years workshop series (see also programme attached to this form).
| Date | Time | Workshop | |
| 5 Jun | 10am - 1pm | Academic writing - Arjenne Louter (The Dutch PhD Coach) | |
| 5 Jun | 2pm - 5pm | Funding for early-career researchers - Anna-Pavlina Haramis (Research Support) | |
| 6 Jun | 10am - 1pm | Data visualisation (p1) - Infographic storytelling - Graphic Hunters | |
| 6 Jun | 2pm - 5pm | Data visualisation (p2) - Interactive data visualisation - Graphic Hunters | |
| 12 Jun | 10am - 1pm |
Communicating science to a general audience - Robert Ingles (Jive Media, ZA) |
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| 12 Jun | 2pm - 5pm | Making a great podcast! - Ashis Brahma | |
| 13 Jun | 10am - 1pm | Giving a good (online) presentation - Mariska Wessels (The Voice of Leadership) | |
| 13 Jun | 2pm - 5pm | Making impact through research - Claudia Nicolaij (Research Support) | |
| 19 Jun | 10am - 1pm | Writing a narrative CV - Sanne Hindriksen (Research Support) | |
| 19 Jun | 2pm - 5pm | Mentoring workshop - Building blocks for a succesful academic career - Prof. Oscar Franco | |
| 20 Jun | 10am - 1pm |
Equitable partnerships in Global Health - Julia Addison / Judith van de Kamp (UMCU) |
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| 20 Jun | 2pm - 5pm | How to Engage Communities and Patients in Your Research - Koiwah Koi-Larbi Ofosuapea |
A more detailed course brochure will be available in due course.
This online series is organized by Julius Global Health, Uniting Streams, Action on Preeclampsia Ghana, North-West University South Africa, and The Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health.
The team members are: Tom Jacobs, Koiwah Koi-Larbi Ofosuapea, Lebo Gafane-Matemane, Jesse Lemmen, Iris Mikulic, Lekha Rathod, Daniel Boateng, Joyce Browne, and Martin Heine
Lecturers
Target audience
PhD candidates, postdocs, and other early career researchers. Our primary target audience are researchers working in Global Health, but if space allows, others can also join!
Aim of the course
By the end of the workshop series, participants have improved their writing and data visualization skills, are more comfortable and competent in presenting their work academically and for a general audience, have learned about key approaches to engaging a general audience into their partnerships and research, have a better idea as to what it takes to have a successful academic career, and have been able to connect with and meet other (global health) PhD students and postdocs.
Study load
Twelve 2 to 3 hour workshops in June. Some workshops may require preparatory work. All workshops will be in the morning and afternoon (NL time), and on set days to promote ease of incorporating workshops in to personal agenda's.
Costs
Different registration fees apply:
- Early-bird registration fee (register on or before 15th of April): €295,-
- LMIC** based participants: €195,- (or €150,- when registering on or before the 15th of April)
- Full/regular fee (after April 15th): €395,-
- APECGH nominees (5 max.): €150,-
- NWU nominees (3 max.); €150,-
**LMIC are lower and (upper and lower-)middle income countries, as classified by the World Bank. Participants can apply for the LMIC fee based on the location of the institution they are affiliated to. Limited discounted places available.
Application
Applicants will be asked to provide a CV (max. 1 page) and a short motivation letter, explaining how you will apply the acquired skills in your (global) research activities (max. 300 words).
Admitted applicants (max. 30) will receive a message of acceptance via email.
For this course you are required to upload the following documents when applying: