Courses
Workshops offered at all four CEPLAS partner institutions are open to CEPLAS doctoral and postdoctoral researchers (subject to space availability). For a complete list of courses available at CEPLAS partner institutions, please check the official websites (e.g. iGRAD, HeRA, GSfBS, AMC, UoC Postdoc Career Program). Please see as well our course archive, as several of the courses will be offered annually.
Below are examples of upcoming courses. These are allocated to core competencies expected of graduate researchers and postdocs, based on definitions from the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA). You are encouraged to learn more about the core competencies and explore related resources.
Courses are divided into the following categories:
2. Research Skill Development
Introduction to bioinformatics
Individual statistical consultation
Individual statistical consultation: If you are facing statistical or bioinformatic problems you can always contact the Center for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CBiBs) for individual consultation. Please write an E-Mail to CBiBs and ask for a consultation date. CEPLAS will cover the costs that might be charged.
Data Management
Our academic experts in Data Science offer workshops and user support on a regular basis. Check out the CEPLAS Data webpage for details.
3. Communication Skills
Self-Marketing and Networking in Science
Optimizing Writing Strategies
Writing Papers and Theses in the Life Sciences
Assertiveness training for female researchers
Negotiation Training (in German)
Presenting (in) Science - How to own the stage on (international) conferences
Language courses: German and English
JUNO Language Tandem Program
Digital e-learning platform for postdocs
German Language Courses
English for Junior Researchers
Hochschuldidaktik (in German)
Angebote der Hochschuldidaktik der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Angebote des Zentrums für Hochschuldidaktik der Universität zu Köln
4. Professionalism
Taking the next steps: a career toolkit for researchers at the beginning of their postdoc phase
Agile Methods Sprint
The German Academic Landscape
AMC Career Compass: Tailor made application documents for non-academic careers
DFG-Förderangebote für wissenschaftliche Karrieren (in German)
Apply successfully, for academics with non-academic ambitions
From an idea to a project - the DFG Sachbeihilfe
Professor wanted! Planning and optimizing your academic career
HHU Career Day 2025
Are you ready to take off? –
At the HHU Career Days on November 4 and 5, 2025, you can find out about interesting career opportunities outside university and get in contact with experts in your job field of interest.
Our exciting guests from different sectors will give insights into their current jobs and how they got there: live at the panel discussion on day 1 or online on day 2.
If you want to get new impulses for your own career, save the date. Further details will follow.