RUG: Upcoming CPS courses, workshops and PhD events
- FA PhD council FSE
- Oct 13
- 4 min read
PhD Introductory Event
Are you just starting your PhD? Make sure to sign up for one of the ongoing 2-day PhD Introductory Events!
Upcoming events: 13&14 and 27&28 November, click to register.
The Introductory event should be attended within the first 6 months of the start of your PhD to be of real use to you. Participation will earn you 1.0 ECTS. Welcome on board!
CPS courses and workshops November and December 2025
6 November: Motivation Letter Writing Outside Academia
18 November: Negotiation Skills
26 November: Assertiveness Now And At Your New Job
4 December: Entrepreneurship
12 December: Storytelling
11 November and 2 December: Part 2: From chaos to focus: How to develop your own research plan in academia
24 November and 1 & 8 December: The Empowered PhD: How to get beyond being a good student
News and Events
MindMint is looking for new members!
Are you interested in science communication? Do you want to add something extra to your CV and earn ECTS at the same time? We are an association connected to GOPHER based on science communication, focusing on how to engage your audience, how to make your story more attractive, and how to adjust your story for each audience. We organize a scientific writing club to help others with their writing skills and workshops once in a while to help boost our soft skills, such as presenting or pitching your research. Does this spark your interest? Send an email to mindmint@rug.nl and we will get in contact with you!
PhD Day 2026 – From Surviving to Thriving
Date: Friday, 23 January 2026 Location: Feringa Building, University of Groningen
PhD Day is the largest annual career and development event for PhD candidates in the Northern Netherlands. Organized in collaboration with the University of Groningen, it brings together over 500 PhD candidates to explore career paths during and after their PhD.
This year’s theme, From Surviving to Thriving, focuses on resilience, adaptability, and personal growth in research. The program includes keynote lectures, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Participants can earn 1 ECTS credit for attending.
Stay updated at phd-day.nl or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram @phddaygroningen
We are also looking for volunteers to join our journey. Want to know more? Click to register, we will contact you to discuss our plans, scheduling, and a tour of the venue.
Blogs and other online resources for PhD writing and post-PhD careers
Although writing courses and workshops are always a good way to improve your writing, it may not always be possible to attend them at a specific time. That is why the GSSE PhD Academy has compiled a list of useful PhD writing and post-PhD career resources that you may want to browse through:
The Thesis Whisperer - One of the most well-known blog/podcast platforms for PhD candidates tackling with writing and other PhD-related issues
The Research Whisperer - "Just like the Thesis Whisperer, but with more money"
Patter - A blog by Pat Thomson, an academic writing scholar
Doctoral Writing - A collection of around 400 blog posts written in the past 10 years
Dr. Nick Hopwood's blog - A great resource about academic work, publishing, writing, and other PhD-related issues
The Professor Is In - Guidance for all things PhD
Tress Academic / Smart Academics blog - Guidelines, checklists, worksheets and other practical tools for PhD candidates, postdocs, and other researchers
Adventures of a PhD candidate - Reflections on a thesis journey
Dr. Raul Pachego-Vega's blog - Blog posts about writing practice and other academic writing-related issues
Finish your thesis - A blog about writing habits and getting things done
PhD Support
Are you looking for support during your PhD studies? Please visit our PhD Support pages to find many tools, useful information and references to people who can assist you in various aspects of your life as a researcher.
From the Digital Competence Centre
The DCC is actively involved in sharing digital competence with researchers and research support staff in the form of thematic and recurring training and events. Please find their offers here!
From the University Library
Find the full curriculum of workshops and webinars organized by the University Library on the Library workshop calendar!
Courses and events organised by Mindmint You can find events, courses and other information about MindMint here. On this page you can also subscribe to their maillist to stay up-to-date about upcoming events.
Courses and events organised by Gopher
You can find events, courses and other information about Gopher here. On this page you can also subscribe to their digital newsletter.
Other courses
Would you like to know what other kinds of courses are available for PhDs? (such as language, health and wellbeing and PhD support?) Visit Corporate Academy!
Most CPS Workshops are only 10 Euro!
We kindly ask you to please register at least 1 week in advance.
You will receive a confirmation of registration and will be contacted by the course organizers several weeks before the event's dates.
PhD Scholarship students can request a reduction in costs for certain (higher-priced) courses. Please contact phd-cps@rug.nl after you have registered.
