Table. Individual Training and Supervision Plan of ETeCoS3 Doctoral Candidates
|
Component |
Activity |
Mandatory / Optional |
ECTS |
| PhD Courses | Introductory ETeCoS3 course “Environmental Technology Research in Context” |
Mandatory |
3 |
| Specialised and widening PhD courses offered by partner organisations/associated members |
Optional |
≥ 0 |
|
| Summer schools | Summer schools organized by partner organizations (3 summer schools in 3 years, 3 ECTS per summer school) |
Mandatory |
9 |
| Research Skills Training | Detailed elaboration of the research set-up, work plan and time schedule of your PhD project and writing your own PhD research proposal to be submitted within 6 months after the start of your PhD and to be defended at the first PhD meeting and summer school and approved by the Management Assembly |
Mandatory |
6 |
| Site-specific training, for example in the use of specific equipment at one of the associate members |
Optional |
0 – 6 |
|
| Writing a follow-up research proposal (e.g. post-doctoral research application), reviewed by Training Board |
Optional |
2 – 4 |
|
| Extended literature study, supervised by a ETeCoS3 research leader (NOT the standard literature review every PhD student should do at the start of his/her PhD) |
Optional |
0 – 6 |
|
| Management Skills Training | Organisation of a scientific workshop or a ETeCoS3 symposium (1 ECTS for a half day activity) |
Optional |
0 – 6 |
| Membership of a PhD Council, General Board Research Institute, ETeCoS3 Management Assembly |
Optional |
0 – 6 |
|
| Co-organisation of a ETeCoS3 PhD course |
Optional |
0 – 6 |
|
| Transferable Skills | Basic training in local language (1 ECTS per 28 hours – certification must designate hours spent), presentation skills, Study of advanced statistics, Computer packages, etc. |
Optional |
0 – 6 |
| Presentations | Attending the yearly annual ETeCoS3 meetings and presenting own PhD research there (1 ECTS per presentation on annual meeting) |
Mandatory |
3 |
| Presenting PhD research at an international symposium (1 ECTS per presentation) |
1 ECTS Mandatory |
1 – 3 |
|
| Publications | Articles in refereed scientific journals (2 ECTS per accepted publication) |
4 ECTS Mandatory |
≥ 4 |
| Peer reviews | Peer reviewing scientific articles with refereed journals – for credit you should submit your anonymous review (i.e. remove the title and authors of the article) to your main supervisor for approval (0.5 ECTS per peer review) |
Optional |
0.5 – 2 |
| TOTAL |
Minimal Mandatory* |
26 |
|
|
Optional/Elective |
19 |
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|
Overall total |
45 |
* Sum of the minimum choice of all mandatory educational elements