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.
Character
Optional
Hours
40
Description
These are intensive residential seminars lasting a week. They are conducted in English in an inter-disciplinary and multicultural environment. Forty researchers from each university, in their second year of doctoral training, receive extensive training designed for their future vocational integration in a socio-labour environment not exclusively linked to research at universities and/or public and semi-public centres. All the activities are dynamised by personnel specializing in the organization of doctorials and the facilitation of teamwork. The scheduled activities include visits to companies, research centres and cultural entities selected from both sides of the border, the testimonies of executive doctors and entrepreneurs and teamwork for the joint preparation of an innovative project which will be submitted at the end of the encounter. Participation in the doctorials is optional and does not entail any enrolment fee. All the maintenance, accommodation and transport costs will be financed by the organizing universities, with the help of the funding obtained from the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Aquitaine-Euskadi cooperation fund of the Basque government.
Results
The doctoral students acquire practical training in communication, innovation, teamwork, leadership and entrepreneurship. Based on the testimonies and experiences of different professionals working in companies and associations in the field of culture and language, as well as visits to companies and associations, the students come into direct contact with professional experience. These seminars have an inter-disciplinary approach, grouping the students together in units which combine different universities of origin and areas of knowledge. The experience should provide a wealth of knowledge about how to articulate a future professional project both in and outside the University.
Assessment systems
The whole procedure for the doctorials is overseen by a pedagogical cabinet, with professional advisers who will provide continuous feedback on the group activity and monitor the work done every day by the doctoral students. Once the latter have enrolled for the doctorials, attendance and active participation in the sessions is compulsory.
Program activities
Character
Compulsory
Hours
100
Description
The activity involves the following phases: - Compilation of the research results intended to publish. - Reflection on the consistency between the hypothesis made and the results achieved. - Selecting a renowned journal whose scope fits in with the work done. - Preparing the article in English and adapting it to the demands of the journal. - Sending the article and tracking the status of the assessment. - Analysis of the response of the editor and reviewers. Conclusions and future actions. Throughout their stay in the Doctoral Programme, students will prepare at least one publication for a renowned international journal. This activity is preferably performed after the second year of enrolment in the programme.
Results
The following learning outcomes are established for disseminating the activity in prestigious publications: - Acquiring the ability to make a critical analysis of the correlation between the hypothesis made and the results obtained. - Acquiring the ability to classify journals according to their impact and their thematic objective. - Acquiring the ability to produce a quality article in English, intended for external peer review. - Acquiring the ability to assimilate the criticisms and suggestions of reviewers, using this feedback to redirect, where appropriate, the researcher¿s work
Assessment systems
The directors of the thesis will be responsible for ensuring control over the following deliverables: - Manuscript sent to the selected journal. - Revision received, and if necessary, corrections of the original manuscript.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
40
Description
Doctoral students shall prepare a paper for at least one conference of prestige in their area, and defend communication therein. Therefore, the activity involves the following phases: - Selecting the most suitable conference for the presentation. - Preparation a written paper and presenting it orally or in poster format. - Presentation in situ by the doctoral student. - Making a brief report on the works that in the opinion of the doctoral student were of most interest out of those presented at the conference.
Results
The following learning outcomes are established for the activity of presenting a paper at a Scientific meeting: - Acquiring the ability to select the most appropriate forum for the research work in progress. - Acquiring the ability to communicate in a scientific forum research developments and results. - Acquiring the ability to network with other researchers from institutions other than those of the doctoral students themselves. - Acquiring the ability to synthesise relevant information from the various presentations and plenary lectures.
Assessment systems
The directors of the thesis will be responsible for ensuring control over the following deliverables: - Certificate of attending the conference. - Synthesis Report with the critical evaluation of other contributions of interest in the opinion of the doctoral student.
Character
Optional
Hours
480
Description
Research stays in universities, preferably internationally recognised, linked to the process of European integration, especially on fundamental rights and the environment.
Results
Relationships with teachers, students and forms of work carried out in Universities outside our cultural environment are of great relevance.
Assessment systems
Control will be made through official certificates issued by the management of the doctoral programme.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
40
Description
Classical seminars with activities presentations, analysis, contrasts, debates and new proposals.
Results
Advance knowledge of scientific methodology and teamwork. Knowledge of the evolution of research from other members of the team, pooling of substantial and methodological research issues, emergence of new initiatives to work together, among other things.
Assessment systems
Control of this will be carried out by the head of each Research Team participating in the Doctoral Programme, who will transfer the information to the Head of the Doctoral Programme.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
8
Description
The sessions will be organised by the directors of the theses, who will take care of summoning them sufficiently in advance. The sessions will be organised at least twice per semester, and the results thereof, compiled in a final report of the working day (prepared by the speakers), will be disseminated among doctoral students and teachers of the doctoral programme. Furthermore, we will strive to promote (through invitations extended by the directors of thesis) the presence of researchers outside the programme at the sessions, both from universities and national and international centres, whose contribution to the objective thereof is considered very valuable. For part-time students, the minimum attendance is set at one session per year, while for full-time students, attendance will be of one day per semester.
Results
The following learning outcomes are established for thematic sessions: - Acquiring the ability to present the results of research work to other colleagues. - Acquiring the ability to make visible the goals of progress achieved over the last evaluation period. - Acquiring the ability to communicate and commit to planning research work for the next evaluation period. - Acquiring the ability to assimilate the techniques and ways of thinking of other colleagues who are in similar situations.
Assessment systems
The directors of the thesis will be responsible for ensuring control of the following: - Compulsory attendance - Oral Presentation to doctoral students and teachers of the programme, and where appropriate, to outside experts. - Final report of the session, to be made by the speakers.
Character
Compulsory
Hours
5
Description
The seminars will be organised by those responsible for the different lines of research of the Doctoral Programme, and may involve either speakers of the programme itself or other renowned researchers that have been invited. Using audio-visual media, the speaker will develop an advanced research topic, delving into what are the most appropriate tools for that particular topic and why it has been chosen.
Results
The following learning outcomes are established for thematic seminars: - Acquiring the capacity for critical analysis of the subjects submitted by other fellow researchers. - Acquiring the ability to communicate with other senior researchers by making questions or requests for further information on specific aspects of research work. - Acquiring the ability to communicate in writing the conclusions drawn both on the subject presented and on the research tools.
Assessment systems
The organisers of the seminar will ensure controlling the following: - Compulsory attendance - Making a report of the findings of the Doctoral Student