Introductory Workshop for Newly Admitted PhD Students at Faculty of Engineering at Lund University
Introduktionskurs för nyantagna doktorander vid LTH

GEM056F, 2 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2013
Beslutad av: FN1/Anders Gustafsson, FN2/Eva Nordberg Karlsson , FN3/Per Tunestål
Datum för fastställande: 2013-05-28

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Doctoral Research Training
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The course aims to welcome all newly admitted PhD students to LTH, and to contribute to a smooth start of the participants PhD programme.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be aware of the local context of PhD training, and the national intended learning outcomes of PhD education in Sweden
• be aware of the uses and meanings of the individual and general PhD study plans
• know where to turn in case of problems related to their PhD training
• be aware of the structures of international student mobility.

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be aware of how to communicate mutual expectations on their PhD training together with their supervisors
• be aware of how to suggest useful contents to be added to their individual study plan
• be aware of how to navigate in the LTH’s range of PhD courses, and know which courses to take early on.

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be aware of how to show a critical approach to academic conduct and norms in research
• be aware of how to explain their science in outreach activities.

Kursinnehåll

The course includes brief sessions on the LTH organisation, objectives of PhD training, general and individual study plans, student - supervisor mutual expectation questionnaire/interviews, PhD courses at LTH, the supervision process, scientific information management – first aid, procedures – rights – support - obligations in PhD training at LTH, presentation of student representatives, international mobility, academic conduct in research, introduction to outreach activities.

Kurslitteratur

Reading will be available on a separate course website.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, övningar. The course consists of three threequarter-day workshop sessions one week apart. Study tasks have to be prepared prior to session 2 and 3.

Kursens examination

Examinationsform: Inlämningsuppgifter. For a Pass on the course, the participant must have attended all of the scheduled activities and completed and passed all assignments in the course.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förkunskapskrav: To be admitted to the course applicants have to be newly (within one year) admitted to a PhD programme at LTH.
Urvalskriterier: All eligible applicants are accepted to the next available course.

Övrig information

Lunch is catered during the meetings (working lunch sessions).

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvarig: Anders Ahlberg <anders.ahlberg@lth.lu.se>
Hemsida: https://www.lth.se/english/cee/doctoral-education-support/faculty-wide-phd-courses/