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, HeRAGSfBS, 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:

1. Discipline-specific conceptual knowledge

Currently no courses listed.

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2. Research Skill Development

Gentechnische Arbeiten in gentechnischen Anlagen

25/04/2025 - 24/04/2025 Research Skill Development

Participants: Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs

Further dates: 27-28/11/2025

Introduction to bioinformatics

13/05/2025 - 16/05/2025 Research Skill Development

Spring school for early-stage plant scientists

Participants: Early stage plant scientists with no or limited experience in bioinformatics

Individual statistical consultation

Date: tba Research Skill Development

Individual statistical consultation: If you are facing statistical or bioinformatic problems you can always contact the Center for Bioinformatics and…

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

Date: tba Research Skill Development

Our academic experts in Data Science offer workshops and user support on a regular basis. Check out the CEPLAS Data webpage for details.

Our academic experts in Data Science offer workshops and user support on a regular basis. Check out the CEPLAS Data webpage for details.

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3. Communication Skills

Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration

12/03/2025 - 26/03/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

3 half days online workshop

Writing Papers and Theses in the Life Sciences

27/03/2025 - 28/03/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers

Further dates: 01-02/09/2025

Negotiation Training

31/03/2025 - 01/04/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Further dates: 30-31/10/2025 (in German)

Preparing for Potential Conflicts

24/04/2025 - 25/04/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Get into Teaching

28/04/2025 - 29/04/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers who are interested in university level teaching or will start teaching at a university

Further dates:…

Science Communication – the Basics

13/05/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs

Self-Marketing and Networking in Science

12/06/2025 - 13/06/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Postdocs of all research areas

Optimizing Writing Strategies

14/07/2025 - 17/07/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

4 half days (online) OR 2 days (on campus) Workshop + Preparation and Follow-up

Assertiveness training for female researchers

26/09/2025 - 27/09/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: doctotal and postdoctoral researchers

Language courses: German and English

Date: tba Communication Skills

New German Level A1.1, A1.2 and A2 courses start on a regular basis. The hours per week depend on the course level.

English Level B1 (1,5 hours per…

Please follow this link to get more information about language courses offered by the Junior Scientist and International Researcher Center (JUNO).

Four courses offered by the Department German as a Foreign Language at HHU please follow this link.

JUNO Language Tandem Program

Date: tba Communication Skills

Improve your language skills without any pressure by chatting with native speakers on a Language Tandem!

Digital e-learning platform for postdocs

Date: tba Communication Skills

JUNO opens the possibiliy to get a 3 month licence to use the digital e-learning platform of their partner TwentyOneSkills, which provides a wide…

German Language Courses

Date: tba Communication Skills

Participants: International doctoral students, postdocs, professors and guest researchers from all disciplines

weekly courses with 3 different…

English for Junior Researchers

Date: tba Communication Skills

Gain greater confidence in using the English language more fluently and effectively in a weekly online course

Check the link for the next dates! New…

Hochschuldidaktik (in German)

Date: tba Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Angebote der Hochschuldidaktik der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Angebote des Zentrums für Hochschuldidaktik der Universität zu Köln

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4. Professionalism

Good to Know: Online info series for international researchers

Date: tba Professionalism

Participants: Researchers of all research areas

Upcoming sessions:

 

17/03/2025 The German Social Security System

28/04/2025 Rights of Residence…

DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs

26/03/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Early career researchers

Part of an Info Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers

Career-Orientation for researchers: The academic career path or are there other options?

04/04/2025 - 11/04/2024 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs

2 half days online workshop

Emmy Noether Programme

28/04/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Early career researchers

Part of an Info Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers

Taking the next steps: a career toolkit for researchers at the beginning of their postdoc phase

21/05/2025 - 22/05/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Early postdocs

2 days workshop + 1 follow up day

Agile Methods Sprint

27/05/2025 Professionalism

Participants: postdocs

The German Academic Landscape

17/06/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Researchers of all research areas

1,5 hour online seminar, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

AMC Career Compass: Tailor made application documents for non-academic careers

24/06/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs

1,5 hour online sessions

Further sessions of the impulse series:

06/11/2025 How to pass a non-academic job interview…

DFG-Förderangebote für wissenschaftliche Karrieren (in German)

27/06/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Early career researchers

Part of an Info Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers

Apply successfully, for academics with non-academic ambitions

10/07/2025 - 11/07/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs

From an idea to a project - the DFG Sachbeihilfe

Date: tba Professionalism

Participants: Researchers of all research areas

five hour online seminar

Professor wanted! Planning and optimizing your academic career

28/10/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs, research group leaders, junior-/tenure-track-professors

AMC Career Compass: How to pass a non-academic job interview successfully

06/11/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs

1,5 hour online sessions

Digital e-learning platform for postdocs

Date: tba Communication Skills

JUNO opens the possibiliy to get a 3 month licence to use the digital e-learning platform of their partner TwentyOneSkills, which provides a wide…

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5. Leadership and Management Skills

Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration

12/03/2025 - 26/03/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

3 half days online workshop

Professional Leadership

04/04/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: doctoral researchers

Further dates: 13/11/2025

Learning and Encouragement through Feedback

08/04/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: postdocs

Project management for postdocs

07/05/2025 - 14/05/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: Postdocs and supervisors

2 day workshop

Taking the next steps: a career toolkit for researchers at the beginning of their postdoc phase

21/05/2025 - 22/05/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Early postdocs

2 days workshop + 1 follow up day

Smart self-leadership under permanent pressure to perform

04/06/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: postdocs, group leaders and professors

two hour online session

Introduction to Project Management and Working in Teams

07/07/2025 - 08/07/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Self-Leadership under permanent pressure to perform

01/10/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: researchers of all research areas

Half day online workshop

Digital e-learning platform for postdocs

Date: tba Communication Skills

JUNO opens the possibiliy to get a 3 month licence to use the digital e-learning platform of their partner TwentyOneSkills, which provides a wide…

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6. Responsible Conduct of Research

Gute Wissenschaftliche Praxis für promovierte Wissenschaftler/innen (in German)

27/03/2025 Responsible Conduct of Research

Participants: Postdocs

Further dates: 06/05/25, 25/06/25, 09/07/25 etc.

Good Research Practice for (Post)Doctoral Researchers

11/04/2025 Responsible Conduct of Research

Participants: (post)doctoral researchers

Further dates: 10/11/2025

Good Research Practice for postdocs and supervisors

09/07/2025 Responsible Conduct of Research

Participants: Postdocs of all research areas

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