Transferable Skills
WIT-Seminars

Studying for a science degree provides benefits which last a lifetime and knowledge and skills which are valued by employers generally. Skills that are useful in many contexts are called transferable skills. Such skills are equally useful in all areas of our lives - academic, work, social and personal.

The acquisition and development of generic research and transferable skills is an important part of (post)graduate training. Generic (or transferable) skills are rated by employers as of almost equal importance to specialist scientific skills and technical skills. WIT acknowledges its responsibility to provide opportunities for the development of transferable skills, and therefore features a transferable skills programme for its Ph.D. students. The aim of this transferable skills programme is to enhance generic skills and help students improve their research undertakings.

WIT focuses on the professional development of postgraduates, providing courses directly linked to postgraduate study (e.g. thesis workshop, paper production) and future careers (e.g. career planning, team development). Courses covering a wide range of these skills are offered to WIT Ph.D. students. The seminars are also open to Ph.D. students and researchers of the faculty, if available.

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	Date	Subject		Speaker
Communication Skills
	22.6.2007	Praxistipps zum Einstieg in eine wirtschaftliche Karriere		Dagmar Kavsek-Allinger
	8.3.2007 9.3.2007	"Streitkultur" - Konflikten konstruktiv begegnen - Seminar für Dissertantinnen und Studentinnen		Ute Maria Riedler-Lindthaler
	11.10.2006	UpDate Tag zum Seminar "Durchsetzungsstrategien und Verhandlungsführung" vom 1. und 2.3.06		Ute Maria Riedler-Lindthaler
	28.9.2006	UpDate Tag zum Seminar "Stimmtraining - Die menschliche Stimme" vom 3. und 31.5.06		Marena Balinova-Reichl
	20.9.2006 21.9.2006	Frauenförderung – Zu den Fakten		Bente Knoll und Sonja Hnilica
	1.6.2006 2.6.2006	Durchsetzungsstrategien und Verhandlungsführung - Seminar für Studentinnen		Ute Maria Riedler-Lindthaler
	3.5.2006 31.5.2006	Stimmtraining - Die menschliche Stimme		Marena Balinova-Reichl
	1.3.2006 2.3.2006	Durchsetzungsstrategien und Verhandlungsführung		Ute Maria Riedler-Lindthaler
	2.6.2005 3.6.2005	Konfliktmanagement und Kritikkultur		Leah Carola Czollek
	1.12.2004 2.12.2004	Strategische Kommunikation		Julia Kuderna
	7.11.2003 21.11.2003	Präsentationstechniken		Sabine Fischer
Research Methodology
	12.+15.11.2004 17.+20.12.2004 27.+28.1.2005	Wissenschaftsmethodik in der Informatik		Christiane Floyd
	15.10.2004	How to do a Ph.D. ?		Simon Peyton Jones
	24.9.2004	How to do a Ph.D. / How to do research ?		Jim Gray
	1.07.2004 2.07.2004	Wissenschaftliche Schreibwerkstatt		Gudrun Perko
Project Planning and Management Skills
	6.5.2005	How to pursue a successful career in Computer Science?		Monika Henzinger
	6.12.2004	How to pursue a scientific career?		Britta Schinzel
	20.10.2004 21.10.2004	Zeitmanagement und Selbstorganisation		Brigitte Pototschnig
	9.06.2004	Steuern in Österreich		Christine Heitler
Special Research Topics and New Technologies
	14. + 21. 6. 2005	Description Logic		Uwe Egly