The specialised services and units of the UPC offer their researchers and doctoral students a series of training activities to improve the skills and non-scientific competences of research staff. These short-term training courses aim to enhance the employability of doctoral students and provide research staff with resources to help improve their research activities.
Training offer
Citizen science
The UPC Citizen Science Portal offers a selection of technical resources for the creation, management and communication of citizen science projects.
Courses on bibliographic management tools, doctoral thesis writing, research publication and evaluation, information searches, databases... You will also find support for preparing research data management plans and patent searches.
It also offers the possibility of organising custom-made courses with a minimum of 5 participants.
A comprehensive catalogue of training modules, not only in languages but also in communication skills such as public speaking, tools and resources for proofreading and machine translation, oral and written scientific communication, inclusive language, etc.
The UPC International Projects Unit offers the possibility of delivering custom-made courses within the scope of European funding programmes for R&D&I.
Courses are periodically organised with the support of the Institute of Education Sciences, which are included in the general continuous training offer.
In accordance with the regulations for official doctoral studies, these must include the acquisition of skills and competences related to high-quality scientific research. For this reason, the Doctoral School manages the Cross-disciplinary Training Plan, in which various university units collaborate.
Training aimed at teaching and research staff (PDI), delivered as bite-sized training sessions on various aspects of the protection and commercialisation of results, organised jointly with the Library Service and the ICE.
It also offers the possibility of organising courses with external trainers aimed at doctoral training networks (MSCA-ITN).
The Careers Service provides the necessary advice and tools to support the job search process and throughout the career path through group or individual guidance activities.
The partner universities of the European alliance offer face-to-face or online courses to boost the careers of university staff, both research and management.
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