Training Activities Programme
Training Plan
Activities of the Doctoral School
Character
Optional
Hours
12
Description
It is planned as a course with compulsory attendance, with a theoretical explanation of each of the modules, which will be accompanied by a series of practical exercises which the participants must perform throughout the sessions.
Results
The doctoral student will acquire the necessary tools to access, evaluate, use and disseminate information in an ethical manner.
Assessment systems
It is an on-site seminar, and therefore attendance is compulsory and will be monitored by means of signatures for each of the modules. At the end of the activity the tutor will be given a report allowing an assessment of the acquisition of the skills associated with this activity.
Program activities
Character
Compulsory
Hours
8
Description
The conferences will be organized by the thesis directors, who will announce them sufficiently in advance. The conferences will be organized at least twice per semester and their results, compiled in a final conference report (drawn up by the speakers), will be distributed among the students and professors of the doctoral program. In addition, every effort will be made to promote (by means of invitations sent by the Thesis Directors) the presence of researchers external to the program at the conferences, from universities and national and international centres, whose contribution to their aim is regarded as highly valuable. Minimum attendance of one conference is established for part-time students and attendance of one conference per semester for full-time students.
Results
The following learning results are established for the monitoring conferences: - Acquiring the ability to present the results of the research work to other colleagues. - Acquiring the ability to make the objective progress achieved over the last evaluated period visible. - Acquiring the ability to communicate and implicate the planning of the research work for the following evaluation period. - Acquiring the ability to assimilate the techniques and ways of thinking of other colleagues who are in similar situations.
Assessment systems
The thesis directors are responsible for ensuring control of the following aspects: - Compulsory attendance. - Oral presentation before doctoral students, program professors and, if appropriate, external experts. - Final report on the conference, to be drawn up by the speakers.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
100
Description
The activity consists of the following phases: - Compilation of the research results which are intended to be sent for publication. - Reflection on the coherence between the hypothesis formulated and the results achieved. - Selection of an impact magazine whose scope fits the work performed. - Preparation of the article in English and adapting to the demands of the magazine. - Sending of the article and monitoring of the state of evaluation. - Analysis of the response of the editor and reviewers. Conclusions and future actions. Throughout their stay on the doctoral program, the students will prepare at least one publication for an internationally-renowned journal. This activity will preferably be performed from the second year of enrolment on the program onwards.
Results
The following learning results are established for the activity involving diffusion in prestigious publications: - Acquiring the ability to make a critical analysis of the correlationship between the hypothesis formulated and the results obtained. - Acquiring the ability to classify magazines by their impact and their thematic objective. - Acquiring a capacity for synthesis, communication and discussion and for new and complex ideas by means of the preparation of a quality manuscript in English, to be published in a renowned journal within the scientific community, designed for its revision by external peers. - Acquiring the ability to assimilate the criticisms and suggestions of the reviewers, using this feedback to redirect the research work.
Assessment systems
The thesis directors will be responsible for ensuring control of the following deliverables: - Manuscript sent to the selected magazine. - Revision received and, if appropriate, corrections to the original manuscript.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
40
Description
The doctoral student must prepare a paper for at least one prestigious congress in his or her area and defend its communication. The activity therefore consists of the following phases: - Selecting the most suitable conference for the presentation. - Preparation of the written paper and the oral presentation or a poster format. - In situ presentation by the doctoral student. - Writing of a brief report on the most interesting work which, in the doctoral student's opinion, is presented at the conference.
Results
The following learning results are established for the presentation activity at a scientific meeting: - Acquiring the ability to select the most appropriate forum for the research work underway. - Acquiring the ability to communicate the development and results of the research in a scientific forum. - Acquire the ability to establish contacts with other researchers from institutions different from that of the doctoral student. - Acquiring the ability to synthesize the relevant information of the different presentations and plenary lectures.
Assessment systems
The thesis directors will be responsible for ensuring control of the following deliverables: - Certificate of attendance at the congress. - Synthesis report with a critical appraisal of other interesting contributions, in the doctoral student's opinion.
Character
Optional
Hours
360
Description
Results
Assessment systems
To execute the control procedure for the activity the thesis directors will be responsible for ensuring control of the following deliverables: - Certificate of the stay performed by the doctoral student. - Joint publications and papers which have arisen from the stay.
Character
Optional
Hours
80
Description
This activity envisages the following actions: - Annual invitation, by each of the lines of research of the doctoral program, to at least one external expert to participate in the thematic seminars and/or conferences for monitoring the doctoral theses. - Publication by the Academic Committee of the Program of the possibilities offered by groups of universities and external centres for conducting research stays for doctoral students. - Updates, on the web page of the Master's and Doctoral School of the UPV/EHU (MDe) of the information relating to aids for the conducting of stays and doctorates in co-tutorship with reference universities and centres. In any case, the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program will be responsible for approving each mobility action proposal. The proposal should include at least, as minimum information, the following points: - Doctoral student who will perform the stay/external expert who will be received on the doctoral program. - Objectives of the action. - Destination university or centre/UPV/EHU group which receives the external expert. - Time planning. - Contact person responsible for the destination centre/UPV/EHU professor responsible for the external expert's stay.
Results
The following learning results are established for the activity: - Acquiring the ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments. - Acquiring the ability to communicate in other languages within a research group. - Acquiring the social skills to work in collaboration with researchers with cultural backgrounds and researchers very different from the doctoral student. - Acquiring skills for establishing mid/long term useful research contacts.
Assessment systems
The thesis directors will be responsible for ensuring control of the following deliverables: - Certificate of the stay performed by the doctoral student. - Joint publications and papers which have arisen from the stay. - For student stays lasting longer than 3 months at foreign universities and centres, a proposal for the realization of an international thesis.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
5
Description
The seminars will be organized by the people responsible for the different lines of research of the Doctoral Program, possibly involving speakers of the program itself and other prestigious guest researchers. Using audiovisual media, the speaker will develop an advanced research topic, focussing on what the most appropriate tools are for the particular topic and why they have been selected.
Results
The following learning results are established for the thematic seminars: - Acquiring capacity for critical analysis in the face of the materials submitted by fellow researchers. - Acquiring the ability to communicate with other senior researchers by conducting questions or by requesting more information on specific aspects of the research work. - Acquiring the ability to communicate, in writing, the conclusions drawn on both the material submitted and the research tools.
Assessment systems
The seminar organizers will ensure control of the following aspects: - Compulsory attendance. - Drawing up of a concluding report by the doctoral student.