Softskills programmes

Our catalogue is divided into 8 training themes:

1. Start your research
2. Develop your research
3. Keeping your professional project in mind
4. Communicate and disseminate your research
5. Ethics and quality in research
6. Open science / Open research
7. Supervision and Leadership in research
8. Support to researchers’s mobility (in&out)

+ Axe "Zen-thesis" : Live your thesis with serenity

In practice

For who?

Our training sessions are freely accessible to all ULiège researchers, whether on fixed-term contracts or permanent positions. To ensure a flawless organization, it is nevertheless essential to register.

To ease the navigation within our catalogue and to help you establish your training programme, the target audience refers to the European Commission Research profiles descriptors.

• R0 – Futur/starting PhD Candidate
• R1 – First Stage Researcher (Up to the point of PhD)
• R2 – Recognised Researcher (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)
• R3 – Established Researcher (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)
• R4 – Leading Researcher (Researchers leading their research area or field)

You are a doctoral candidate

As part of your doctoral training, you have the opportunity to value ten credits by performing cross-training activities: coaching Master thesis or (learning) assignments, staying abroad/visiting another research institution, attending seminars... As a reminder, the framework for doctoral training at ULiège.

For additional information (about credits, attendance certificate,...) check out the frequently asked questions section.

Registration and convocation

Registrations are open :

• at the beginning of the academic year for the first semester courses ;
• from the beginning of January for second semester courses.

and are taken via ULIS Web ("Formations RISE" area).

First come, first served.

If a course no longer appears in the list of courses on offer, it is either full or the registration period has closed. You can request a last-minute registration or join the waiting list by e-mail: doc-training@uliege.be. For courses not listed on this form, please refer to the registration procedures detailed on the course sheet.

Invitation and attendance

Consider your are registered and book your agenda.  A summary of the courses chosen can be downloaded from ULIS Web (click on "télécharger un récapitulatif" in the top right-hand corner of the screen).

You acknowledge that you undertake to be present and, if applicable, to obtain the prior consent of your supervisor.

Detailed practical information will be sent to you at least one week before, for each training.

Although our training courses are free of charge, they do have a cost. We must be informed of any cancellations as soon as possible via doc-training@uliege.be. We will then be able to offer your place to another researcher. Unexcused absences will invalidate subsequent registrations.

Participation certificate and evaluation form

After the training session, you will receive an evaluation form by email that we ask you to send it back to us as soon as possible. It’s a condition to receive your certificate of participation delivered by the Doctoral Council. Furthermore your feedback will help us to improve our training offer and better meet your needs.

Specific needs

If you have specific needs in terms of transversal training, please let us know via this link. The team will analyze your request and get back to you.