REGARD workshop - "Project management for research"
Event details
| Date | 07.03.2016 |
| Hour | 09:00 › 17:00 |
| Speaker | Dr. Pamela Alean-Kirkpatrick, alean-academics, Eglisau |
| Location |
University of Fribourg
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| Category | Internal trainings |
Participants should be working on an approved and financed research project (PhD or postdoc)
Description and objectives
After this course, the participants are able to:
• structure, plan, track and control a project
• set intermediate project objectives
• identify and manage project risks
• analyse stakeholders and produce a comprehensive information concept
• define roles and responsibilities in projects
• apply project management methods and tools to their own projects
Contents:
• Project structure: phases, sub projects, work packages, milestones
• Intermediate project objectives and detailed planning
• Project tracking and controlling
• Stakeholder analysis and information concept
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Project organisations: roles and responsibilities
Methods
The workshop focuses on how classical project management can be adapted for the research context, but no prior knowledge of project management is assumed. All participants should be working on an approved and financed research project (PhD or postdoc project). The course can be taken to best advantage in the first half of the project’s duration.
Dates and locations
7th and 21st March 2016, University of Fribourg (registration opening: 25.01.2016)
7th and 8th November 2016, University of Lausanne (registration opening: 26.09.2016)
Registration & Participation fee
Participation is free for members of partner institutions. Registration is done online and opens 6 weeks before the course begins: www.unifr.ch/regard
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The REGARD programme is addressed to young female academics of the next generation and for women professors of the universities of French-speaking Switzerland, HES-SO and EPFL. The REGARD programme is organized by the gender equality offices those institutions.
The objective of the REGARD program is to develop skills and offer concrete tools for career management and supervision. These workshops also create spaces for discussion and exchange of experiences among researchers. They also aim to increase awareness of gender equality issues in academic careers.
Description and objectives
After this course, the participants are able to:
• structure, plan, track and control a project
• set intermediate project objectives
• identify and manage project risks
• analyse stakeholders and produce a comprehensive information concept
• define roles and responsibilities in projects
• apply project management methods and tools to their own projects
Contents:
• Project structure: phases, sub projects, work packages, milestones
• Intermediate project objectives and detailed planning
• Project tracking and controlling
• Stakeholder analysis and information concept
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Project organisations: roles and responsibilities
Methods
The workshop focuses on how classical project management can be adapted for the research context, but no prior knowledge of project management is assumed. All participants should be working on an approved and financed research project (PhD or postdoc project). The course can be taken to best advantage in the first half of the project’s duration.
Dates and locations
7th and 21st March 2016, University of Fribourg (registration opening: 25.01.2016)
7th and 8th November 2016, University of Lausanne (registration opening: 26.09.2016)
Registration & Participation fee
Participation is free for members of partner institutions. Registration is done online and opens 6 weeks before the course begins: www.unifr.ch/regard
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The REGARD programme is addressed to young female academics of the next generation and for women professors of the universities of French-speaking Switzerland, HES-SO and EPFL. The REGARD programme is organized by the gender equality offices those institutions.
The objective of the REGARD program is to develop skills and offer concrete tools for career management and supervision. These workshops also create spaces for discussion and exchange of experiences among researchers. They also aim to increase awareness of gender equality issues in academic careers.
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required