Key Qualification Program
Summer Term 2024
Event | Target Group | Date & Time | Language | Registration |
R2 / R3 | May 8, 2024 1:30 - 2:30 pm Online | German | ||
R1 | May 15, 16 & 17, 2024 9 am - 12 noon Online | English | ||
R2 / R3 | May 27, 2024 2 pm - 4 pm Online | English | ||
R2 / R3 / Staff | June 10, 2024 1:30 - 4:30 pm Online | German | ||
R1 / R2 | June 20, 2024 9 am - 5 pm Online | German | ||
R1 | July 9, 2024 9 am - 5 pm Presence | German |
Winter Term 2024/25
Event | Target Group | Date & Time | Language | Registration |
R2 / R3 / Staff | October 22, 2024 1:30 - 4:30 pm Online | German | ||
R1 | October 30, 2024 9 am - 5 pm Presence | English | ||
R1 | November 14 & 15, 2024 9 am - 5 pm Presence | English | ||
R1 / R2 | November 29, 2024 08:30 am - 4 pm Online | German | ||
R1 | TBD 9 am - 5 pm Presence | German | ||
R2 / R3 | February 3, 2025 1:30 - 3:30 pm Online | German |
Target Audiences:
R1: PhD Candidates (First Stage Researcher)
R2: Early Postdocs after completion of PhD (Recognised Researcher)
R3: Advanced Postdocs (Established Researcher)
Staff: Employees in academic support structures
Participation
VCGS courses are open to all doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at the Viadrina, and via the Postdoc Network Brandenburg (see below) to all postdocs at the four Brandenburg universities. Some courses are also open to undergraduate students interested in PhD studies or personnel in academic support structures. Please find the main target group of each course in the detailed description.
Certificates of Attendance
The VCGS does not issue ECTS or any other credits. PhD students enrolled in the International PhD Study Programme in Social and Cultural Sciences are kindly asked to contact the coordinator of the PhD Study Programme, Dr. Philipp Zessin-Jurek, for the validation of VCGS key qualification courses.
Child Care
Research assistants, research fellows, and lecturers are invited to participate in courses on Teaching in Higher Education. Please find further information (German only) at the Netzwerk Studienqualität Brandenburg.
The Writing Center of the European University Viadrina offers support services for writing competencies, several of them tailored towards doctoral researchers. You can find all information on the website of the Writing Center.
In the framework of the Postdoc Network Brandenburg (https://www.postdoc-network-brandenburg.de/en/), the key qualification programs of all four Brandenburg universities are open to all postdoctoral researchers within the State of Brandenburg.
Please find further information about the offers on the following websites:
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
https://www.b-tu.de/researchschool
https://www.b-tu.de/forschung/wissenschaftlicher-nachwuchs
Filmuniversität Babelsberg
https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/forschung-transfer/nachwuchsfoerderung/
Universität Potsdam
