Courses in chronological order

Good Research Practice for postdocs and supervisors

14/01/2025 Responsible Conduct of Research

Participants: Postdocs of all research areas

Further dates: 09/07/2025

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

14/01/2025 Responsible Conduct of Research

Participants: Postdocs

Further dates: 27/03/25, 06/05/25, 25/06/25, 09/07/25 etc.

Get into Teaching

20/01/2025 - 21/01/2025 Communication Skills

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

Further dates:…

Project management in Science

20/01/2025 - 03/02/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

2 day online workshop

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Videos in Science: Writing, shooting and editing

23/01/2025, 09:00 Communication Skills

This workshop is part of the CEPLAS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION module

Participants: CEPLAS doctoral researchers and postdocs

Videos in Science: Writing, shooting and editing

Adam Polczyk, apofilm Produktion and Presse und Kommunikation, Uni Köln, organized in collaboration with CEPLAS

1 day workshop, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Building 22.07 (ZSL), U1, Room 25

Date: January 23, 9am to 5pm

  • basic rules of image composition and visual storytelling
  • what I need: overview and selection of technical equipment
  • practical exercises: filming video on a smartphone
  • practical exercises: cutting and adding sound
  • enhancing awareness of key criteria

Registration

AMC Career Compass: academic versus non-academic application processes

05/02/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs

1,5 hour online sessions

Further sessions of the impulse series:

18/03/2025 How to find my next career step, what to expect…

IPR Protection 2025

12/02/2025 - 13/02/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: all CEPLAS members and IPK/HSRW cooperation partners

IPR Protection

PROvendis, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, organized in collaboration with CEPLAS

1,5 day workshop (online)

Date: February 12-13, 2025

Topics Day 1 (9 am - 4:30 pm):

  • Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
  • Patents
  • Special aspects of IP-protection in life sciences
  • The other IPRs
  • Employee Inventions Act / rights to other IPR
  • Common technology transfer agreements

Topics Day 2 (9-12 am)

  • Patent Searches

Please follow the link to register for the workshop:

https://qualtricsxmqq2t924h3.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rahJJDPQsitgcm

For any questions regarding the content of the course, pleease contact Günter Strittmatter (g.strittmatter[at]ibr-consulting.eu). For any questions regarding the general organisation please contact the CEPLAS Office (office[at]ceplas.de).

Prospects: Online Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers

Date: tba Professionalism

Participants: Early career researchers

 

18/02/2025 Heisenberg Programme

26/03/2025 DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs

etc.

Presenting (in) Science - How to own the stage on (international) conferences

20/02/2025 - 21/02/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: doctoral researchers and postdocs

Leadership Starter Kit

21/02/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Further dates: 12/06/2025, 21/11/2025

Navigating the German and European research funding landscape

06/03/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs of all research areas

Leadership Fundamentals: Building your Leadership Skills as an Early Career Scientist

07/03/2025 - 13/03/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

1,5 days (12 work units), in person (day 1) and online (day 2)

Participants: postdocs of all research areas

Time Management - Get More done with Less Effort

10/03/2025 - 11/03/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: Doctoral researchers and Postdocs

Further dates: 05-06/06/2025 (in German), 20-21/10/2025

Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration

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

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

3 half days online workshop

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…

AMC Career Compass: How to find my next career step, what to expect from job portals and social media

18/03/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Postdocs

1,5 hour online sessions

Further sessions of the impulse series:

24/06/2025 Tailor made application documents for…

Basics of the law on fixed-term contracts at universities, the „Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz" (WissZeitVG)

25/03/2025 Professionalism

one hour online seminar

Participants: Postdocs of all research areas

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

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)

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

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

Good Research Practice for (Post)Doctoral Researchers

11/04/2025 Responsible Conduct of Research

Participants: (post)doctoral researchers

Further dates: 10/11/2025

Preparing for Potential Conflicts

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

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

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

Emmy Noether Programme

28/04/2025 Professionalism

Participants: Early career researchers

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

Project management for postdocs

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

Participants: Postdocs and supervisors

2 day workshop

Science Communication – the Basics

13/05/2025 Communication Skills

Participants: Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs

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

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

Self-Marketing and Networking in Science

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

Participants: Postdocs of all research areas

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

Introduction to Project Management and Working in Teams

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

Participants: Doctoral researchers and postdocs

Apply successfully, for academics with non-academic ambitions

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

Participants: Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs

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

From an idea to a project - the DFG Sachbeihilfe

Date: tba Professionalism

Participants: Researchers of all research areas

five hour online seminar

Assertiveness training for female researchers

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

Participants: doctotal and postdoctoral researchers

Self-Leadership under permanent pressure to perform

01/10/2025 Leadership and Management Skills

Participants: researchers of all research areas

Half day online workshop

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

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…

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

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.

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