Training activities

• Number of hours: 20
• Character: Mandatory
• Full-time students: First semester of the first year (2-hour sessions per week, weeks 4-13 of the semester)
• Part-time students: First semester of the first year (2-hour sessions per week, weeks 4-13 of the semester)
• Description: The aim is to bring students closer to the most advisable strategies in the process of disseminating the results obtained, by selecting the most appropriate media, based on their quality, format and accessibility.
  The main criteria for evaluating the different formats by the Quality Agencies will also be presented.
• Contents:

1. Publication formats and adaptation to the type of information presented

2. Quality criteria for a scientific publication: journal evaluation, impact indices, databases, indexed and non-indexed journals, prestigious publishers.

3. Assessment of research by Quality Agencies.

• Skills:
  • CB14. Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
  • CB15. Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • CB16. Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.
  • CP05. Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
  • CP06. Have the capacity to criticize and intellectually defend solutions.
• Activities carried out by the PhD student:
  • Preparation of a dossier with the evaluation of the quality of the bibliography collected in three specific publications of the research line of your doctoral thesis project.
  • Competent handling of bibliographic databases of different virtual platforms (preferably open access).
• Control procedures:
  • Activity evaluation:
    • Competence in the identification and selection of scientific contributions: 50%
    • Quality of oral presentation and responses: 50%
  • Training activities 1, 2 and 3 will be assessed by the teaching staff who teach them. Activity 3 will also take into account the opinion of the thesis director, who will assess the comments received by each student from external evaluators. As for the weightings, Activity 4 will be assessed based on the accreditation of attendance at the 20 hours of lectures and seminars (The Academic Committee will make available to students a specific form for such accreditation, which must be supervised by the event organizer). Each training activity is assessed with a maximum of 10 points, which will result from the sum of each of the proposed criteria. Mobility activity 5 will be assessed by the Academic Committee based on the report of the person responsible for the stay and its accreditation.
    The training activity sheets specify the timing of the activities depending on whether they are taken full-time (ETC) or part-time (ETP).
    As a summary, full-time students will have the following sequence: Training activity 1 will be taken in the first semester of the first year; 2 in the second semester of the first year; 3 in the first or second semester of the third year and 4 throughout the enrolment period.
    Part-time students will take training activity 1 in the first semester of the first year; activity 2 in the second semester of the first year; activity 3 from the second year onwards and activity 4 throughout the enrolment period.

• Number of hours: 20
• Character: Mandatory
• Full-time students: Second semester of the first year (2-hour sessions per week from week 4 to 13)
• Part-time students: Second semester of the first year (2-hour sessions per week from week 4 to 13)
• Description: The objective of this activity is to enhance the PhD student's communication skills in order to establish a framework for interaction with the scientific community as a whole and with society in general regarding the results of his/her research in his/her field of knowledge. In preparation for a future stay abroad, this presentation will be given in English.
• Contents:

1. Types of oral presentation of research I (conferences, tribunals, presentation of reports).

2. Types of oral presentation of research II (outreach conferences, round tables, debates).

3. Oral communication techniques.

4. Oral communication and ICT.

• Skills:
  • CB14. Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
  • CB15. Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • CB6. Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.
  • CP04. Work both in a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
  • CP05. Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
  • CP06. Have the capacity to criticize and intellectually defend solutions.
• Activities carried out by the PhD student:
  • Preparing your PowerPoint presentation
  • English presentation of the presentation
  • Answer questions from the audience, also in English
• Control procedures:
  • Activity evaluation:
    • Quality of the ppt presentation: 50%
    • Quality of oral presentation and responses: 50%
  • Training activities 1, 2 and 3 will be assessed by the teaching staff who teach them. Activity 3 will also take into account the opinion of the thesis director, who will assess the comments received by each student from external evaluators. As for the weightings, Activity 4 will be assessed based on the accreditation of attendance at the 20 hours of lectures and seminars (The Academic Committee will make available to students a specific form for such accreditation, which must be supervised by the event organizer). Each training activity is assessed with a maximum of 10 points, which will result from the sum of each of the proposed criteria. Mobility activity 5 will be assessed by the Academic Committee based on the report of the person responsible for the stay and its accreditation.
    The training activity sheets specify the timing of the activities depending on whether they are taken full-time (ETC) or part-time (ETP).
    As a summary, full-time students will have the following sequence: Training activity 1 will be taken in the first semester of the first year; 2 in the second semester of the first year; 3 in the first or second semester of the third year and 4 throughout the enrolment period.
    Part-time students will take training activity 1 in the first semester of the first year; activity 2 in the second semester of the first year; activity 3 from the second year onwards and activity 4 throughout the enrolment period.

• Number of hours: 40
• Character: Mandatory
• Full-time students: First or second semester of the third year
• Part-time students: From the second year onwards
• Description: The aim is to integrate the individual experience of the researcher into the framework of the scientific community. This means selecting a significant aspect of their work that can be presented independently, undergoing a selection and evaluation process by external experts, practicing the presentation of a work to the scientific community and knowing how to manage criticism and adapt it to their work.
• Contents:

1. Types of scientific meetings and participation formats.

2. The preliminary presentation of a work: formal aspects and criteria for preparing an abstract.

3. Presentation of a paper at a scientific meeting. Adaptation to formats and participation in discussions.

• Skills:
  • CB11 Ability to demonstrate a systematic understanding of each field of study and mastery of the research skills and methods related to it.
  • CB12 Ability to conceive, design, implement and adopt a research process with academic rigor.
  • CB13 Ability to make a scientific contribution, through original research, that expands the boundaries of knowledge in this field, and that merits publication referenced at a national or international level.
  • CB15. Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • CP01. Ability to function in contexts where there is little specific information.
  • CP02. Ability to propose key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem in relation to each field of study.
  • CP03. Ability to design innovative projects in the fields of geography, history, archaeology and heritage management.
  • CP05. Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
  • CP06. Have the capacity to criticize and intellectually defend solutions.
• Activities carried out by the PhD student:
  • Selection of an aspect of the thesis that can be individualized in order to present it publicly. Selection of the framework in which it will be presented.
  • Preparation of a summary in accordance with the regulations of the chosen event.
  • Preparation of the presentation based on the format proposed by the organizing committee.
  • Defense of the presentation and participation in debates arising from it or related contributions.
• Control procedures:
  • Activity evaluation:
    • Competence in identifying and prioritizing data according to its contribution to the results obtained: 50%
    • Quality of written expression and rigor in the presentation of data: 25%
    • Ability to defend the results obtained and to accept the contributions derived from the exchange of academic opinions: 25%
  • Training activities 1, 2 and 3 will be assessed by the teaching staff who teach them. In Activity 3, the opinion of the thesis supervisor will also be taken into account, who will evaluate the observations that each student has received from the external evaluators. Regarding the weightings, Activity 4 will be assessed based on the accreditation of attendance at the 20 hours of lectures and seminars (The Academic Committee will make available to students a specific form to carry out such accreditation, which must be supervised by the organizer of the event). Each training activity is assessed with a maximum of 10 points, which will result from the sum of each of the proposed criteria.
    As a summary, full-time students will have the following sequence: Training activity 1 will be taken in the first semester of the first year; 2 in the second semester of the first year; 3 in the first or second semester of the third year and 4 throughout the enrolment period.
    Part-time students will take training activity 1 in the first semester of the first year; activity 2 in the second semester of the first year; activity 3 from the second year onwards and activity 4 throughout the enrolment period.

• Number of hours: 20
• Character: Mandatory
• Full-time students: All semesters
• Part-time students: All semesters
• Description: The activity consists of participatory attendance at conferences and seminars given by researchers from the doctoral program, or those who by means of an agreement or other type of arrangement have agreed to participate in the program, as well as other researchers who are at one of the two universities to teach courses or conferences that are linked to one of the research lines of the program.
• Contents: At the discretion of the guest researchers, provided that they are related to the research lines of the program.
• Skills:
  • CB11 Ability to demonstrate a systematic understanding of each field of study and mastery of the research skills and methods related to it.
  • CB12 Ability to conceive, design, implement and adopt a research process with academic rigor.
  • CB13 Ability to make a scientific contribution, through original research, that expands the boundaries of knowledge in this field, and that merits publication referenced at a national or international level.
  • CB14. Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
  • CB15. Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their areas of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
  • CB16. Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.
  • CP01. Ability to function in contexts where there is little specific information.
  • CP02. Ability to propose key questions that must be answered to solve a complex problem in relation to each field of study.
  • CP03. Ability to design innovative projects in the fields of geography, history, archaeology and heritage management.
  • CP04. Work both in a team and independently in an international or multidisciplinary context.
  • CP05. Integrate knowledge, deal with complexity and make judgments with limited information.
  • CP06. Have the capacity to criticize and intellectually defend solutions.
• Activities carried out by the PhD student: Participatory attendance at conferences and seminars.
• Control procedures:
  • Activity evaluation:
    • Attendance certification: 100%
  • Training activities 1, 2 and 3 will be assessed by the teaching staff who teach them. Activity 3 will also take into account the opinion of the thesis director, who will assess the comments received by each student from external evaluators. As for the weightings, Activity 4 will be assessed based on the accreditation of attendance at the 20 hours of lectures and seminars (The Academic Committee will make available to students a specific form for such accreditation, which must be supervised by the event organizer). Each training activity is assessed with a maximum of 10 points, which will result from the sum of each of the proposed criteria. Mobility activity 5 will be assessed by the Academic Committee based on the report of the person responsible for the stay and its accreditation.
    The training activity sheets specify the timing of the activities depending on whether they are taken full-time (ETC) or part-time (ETP).
    As a summary, full-time students will have the following sequence: Training activity 1 will be taken in the first semester of the first year; 2 in the second semester of the first year; 3 in the first or second semester of the third year and 4 throughout the enrolment period.
    Part-time students will take training activity 1 in the first semester of the first year; activity 2 in the second semester of the first year; activity 3 from the second year onwards and activity 4 throughout the enrolment period.

The academic committee may recognise mobility activities prior to enrolment in the Programme. This action facilitates the integration into this programme of people who have been enrolled in other doctoral programmes and for some reason wish to join this one. It also aims to meet the expectations of certain researchers, including some with ongoing research grants, who have not been able to enrol in a doctoral programme at the ULPGC or the ULL in line with their lines of research, because none has been offered since 2010.