As part of the module Preparing scientific texts and critical text analysis we invite you to the next workshops with journal editors:

• meeting with Victoria Babbit, Directorof  Researcher Development and Outreach at Taylor & Francis Group – meeting at Faculty of Social Sciences (Katowice, Grażyńskiego 53)

The meeting is open, but pre-registration is obligatory – we must know how many participants will be there to find a proper class. Please register until April 15 (Tuesday) till the end of the day. If you find out about the meeting after this term, please contact with the Doctoral School (szkola.doktorska@us.edu.pl)

Link to registration: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/6162

We invite you to submit offers of facultative courses for PhD students of the Doctoral School in the academic year 2025/2026. Facultative courses should concern general competencies that are useful to all or some doctoral students as future researchers, academic teachers, science communicators or employees of various technological industries. They should not contain a component specific to a discipline – this is reserved for specialist courses, which we have asked the Institutes responsible for conducting research, and therefore best understanding of what specialist competencies PhD students need, to offer.

The invitation is addressed to all academic teachers employed at the University of Silesia, as well as to people who are not academic teachers, who want to offer PhD students specific, useful competencies.

Link to the form: https://forms.office.com/r/Q6aPH7bXbM

The form will be open until 12:00 on April 22. The offer will then be analyzed and presented to PhD students. The final list of classes will be selected by April 30.

Notes:

1. Before preparing an offer, it is worth familiarizing yourself with the educational program at the Doctoral School, so as not to duplicate issues that are covered by compulsory classes.
2. The offer of optional classes is built from scratch every year. People who want to conduct again classes already conducted in previous years are also asked to fill out the form.

As part of the module Preparing scientific texts and critical text analysis, next workshops with journal editors are planned. The classes are held remotely, in English. The meetings are open, but we ask for early registration, which will help PhD students pass this requirement.

Meetings scheduled in March:

1. March 18, 2025, 15:00-16:30 – prof. dr hab. Paweł Jędrzejko, University of Silesia in Katowice, editor in chief in “Review of International American Studies”, deputy editor-in-chief in “Er(r)go: Theory – Literature – Culture”, former director in University of Silesia Press.
   • link for registration: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/6037
   • link for meeting: MS Teams
2. 25 marca 2025, godz. 15:00-16:30 – dr Mauro Arturo Rivera Leon, University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Law and Administration, manager in OPUS grant – conversational class will focus on the key elements to increase the chances of success in publishing in international journals
   • link for registration: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/6038
   • link for meeting: MS Teams

Next workshops will be planned for April and May.

The module Preparation and Implementation of a Research Project aims to prepare doctoral students to apply reasonably and effectively for funding for their research activities, as well as to efficiently implement the obtained projects.

Each doctoral student should prepare and submit an application for funding for their project from external sources during their education at the Doctoral School. Therefore, doctoral students who plan to apply in a given year (unless they have already completed the classes) enroll in the Preparation and Implementation of a Research Project classes.

The new project of the course assumes division into several blocks, corresponding to the stages of project preparation. During the classes, doctoral students work on an application in the NCN Preludium competition.

1. How to build a research model (4 hours).
2. Strategies for substantive preparation of an application (2 hours).
3. Preparation of substantive content of the application (12 hours).
4. Work on the formal side of the application, including the budget (8 hours).
5. Data management plan (4 hours).

Classes begin with parts A and B. Parts C, D and E are conducted in parallel.

When registering for classes, Ph.D. students always choose the group assigned to their discipline. For PhD students in the humanities there are two groups to choose from.

Classes are organized differently for different disciplines – sometimes they are led by one person, but usually by two or more. A detailed schedule will be provided to each group.

Regardless of the course of classes, the PhD student is required to come to the faculty project office and inform them about plans to submit a grant application. This should be done at the earliest possible stage by filling out the form, in accordance with the instructions on the website: https://us.edu.pl/pracownik/sprawy-naukowe/strefa-projektow/skladanie-wnioskow-projektowych/. Due to the fact that Preludium NCN applications do not require your own contribution, you do not have to wait until the budget is precisely determined to apply.

Passing the module is based on Preparing a grant application. The instructors, in consultation with the PhD student and the supervisor, decide whether the application should be sent for assessment.

Course schedule: Reserch project preparation and implementation 24-25L.xlsx

Detailed schedule for PhD students of the Faculty of Science and Technology: Reserch project preparation and implementation 24-25L – schedule for Faculty of Science and Technology.xlsx

We present the initial offer of optional and specialized courses for doctoral students for the academic year 2024/2025. All doctoral students who are going to take part in optional courses in the coming academic year are asked to read the offer and vote in the survey by April 26. Only the courses you indicate will be offered in the next academic year.

Offer: facultative and specialized courses – selection of an offer for 2024-2025

Survey: https://forms.office.com/e/eR6Adw58mh

The offer in the file is very extensive, so it has been divided into semesters and facultative/specialized courses. The survey is divided only into faculties. This does not mean, however, that doctoral students of a given faculty can choose classes only from their faculty. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the entire offer. Especially in the case of optional courses, the place of employment of an academic teacher is only of minor importance.

What is the difference between facultative and specialized classes?

The offer of optional courses is divided into facultative and specialized. Facultative courses are open to everyone and do not require any specialized knowledge at the entrance. They present knowledge introducing a given issue or provide the so-called soft skills. The disciplines listed are only suggestions.

Specialized courses require participants’ prior knowledge or specific competencies, so upon registration, they will only be available to doctoral students of specific disciplines.

This division was prepared due to the reported needs and corresponds to the division in the education program for doctoral students who will start their education in the academic year 2024/2025. From the perspective of the education programs of current doctoral students, both forms serve to pass optional courses.

Registration for lectures under the “Planning a scientific career” module has started in the SRW system.

Registration start: 03.04.2024, 12:30

Registration ends: 10.04.2024, 12:00

Link to the registration: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/site/index/414 (at the bottom of the website)

Schedule: Planowanie kariery naukowej 2023-2024 aktualizacja 26.04.2024

The “Scientific career planning” module (8 hours, 1 ECTS) is planned in the education program for the 2023/2024 class as a module to be completed by the end of the education. For earlier years, it replaces the “Scientific career planning and personal development” module (15 hours, 2 ECTS).
The offer consists of 11 lectures (including one that took place in the winter semester and is not covered by registration).

Doctoral students who started education in 2023/2024 should attend at least 4 lectures to complete the module. Doctoral students of earlier years who have not previously completed the “Scientific career planning and personal development” module should participate in at least 7 lectures. You can choose lecturers representing any scientific disciplines.

Registration takes place via the SRW system. The basis for passing the exam is registration and attendance at the lecture. People who pass the module will be placed in USOS by the SD office.

Information for doctoral students about the call for tutors from foreign research centers for the current semester. This call applies only to already initiated collaborations – please submit only those that can take place by the end of the current semester.

Link to applications: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/4917

Form availability date: April 4 (until the end of the day)

By April 9, the Doctoral School will make the selection based on the justification provided. The activity is partially financed by the “STER – internationalization of Doctoral Schools” program. Five selected activities will be financed from this program, the remaining reasonable tutoring – from the university budget.