SENSE Education

Introductory Guide SENSE
All new PhD students are adviced to read the Intoductory Guide.
 
ITSP
SENSE PhD students are required to submit an Individual Training and Supervision Plan (ITSP). Read more about the requirements for your ITSP.
 
Funding
Some organisations offer opportunities for funding for PhD students. 
 
For Course Coordinators
Are you planning to organise a course? Are you already involved in a course?
We have compiled a page with information related to the organisation of your course within the SENSE Research School.
You can also read the SENSE Course Coordinators Guide!
 

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Courses

 
PhD Courses:

• the A1 and A2 course, SENSE courses, especially for SENSE PhDs, mandatory for the SENSE-ITSP,
• SENSE Courses given within the SENSE network (Sxxx courses),
• External Courses, not organised by SENSE, but highly recommended (SxxxE courses)
• General Skills Courses at several Dutch Universities
• E-learning Courses & Distance Education at several Dutch academic institution
• European Short Courses Portal

You can search for specific courses using the searchpage. 
 
PhD Discussion Groups:
The Wageningen graduate School PE&RC offers a number of discussion groups. The PE&RC discussion groups are open for PhD candidates from all graduate schools. SENSE PhD candidates may also get ITSP credits for participation in these discussion groups. Read more 
    
Courses for PhD supervisors:

• Courses for Supervisors (SVxxx courses) 

  
 

Upcoming SENSE courses and External Courses

 

N44311: Environmental Problems: Crossing Boundaries between Science, Policy and Society (OU)

online course
4.3 ECTS
Link to the course (Word file).
 

Interactive Methods for Social Change

4-15 June 2012
2.0-3.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Rico Lie, Wageningen University
Link to the course: http://www.wass.wur.nl/UK/courses/wass_courses/ 
 
S010A1 Linear Models

6-8 June 2012
0.9 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. G. Gort (Wageningen University)
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1282
 
S010A5 Introduction to R for statistical analysis
11-12 June 2012
0.6 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Gerrit Gort, Ir. Albart Coster, Dr. John Bastiaansen, Wageningen University
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1302
  
S010A3 Generalized Linear Models

14-15 June 2012
0.6 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Gerrit Gort, Wageningen University.
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1240
 
Atlas.ti, a hands-on practical

18,19,22 June 2012
0.5 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Gerda Casimir, Wageningen University
Link to the course: http://www.wass.wur.nl/NR/rdonlyres/020EE849-68A7-4EF6-B25E-B5CFEAFC05A4/163063/CourseoutlineAtlas2012.docx 

S460-L The Challenge of Earth System Governance: Agency, Accountability and Adaptiveness

19-21 June 2012
1.0 ECTS
Course Lecturers: Dr Aarti Gupta (WUR), Dr Agni Kalfagianni (VUA), Dr Annemarie van Zeijl-Rozema (Maastricht)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1293

This course is part of the SENSE Summer Academy 2012. You are also invited to join the SENSE Symposium "How to improve the societal impact of environtmental research?" on 18 June.
 
S472 Renewable energy in developing countries

19-21 June 2012
1.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Pieter van Beukering (VU)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1285

This course is part of the SENSE Summer Academy 2012. You are also invited to join the SENSE Symposium "How to improve the societal impact of environtmental research?" on 18 June.
  
S501 Environmental Data Quality

19-21 June 2012
1.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Prof.dr.ir. A. Stein (UT)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1294

This course is part of the SENSE Summer Academy 2012. You are also invited to join the SENSE Symposium "How to improve the societal impact of environtmental research?" on 18 June.
 

S502 Hyper-Temporal Earth Observation data analysis for Food Security and Biodiversity Assessment

19-21 June 2012
1.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Kees de Bie (UT)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1295

This course is part of the SENSE Summer Academy 2012. You are also invited to join the SENSE Symposium "How to improve the societal impact of environtmental research?" on 18 June.

 

S503 Spatial Planning and Decision Support Systems: let your PhD make a difference in decisions!

19-21 June 2012
1.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Dr.ir. Luc Boerboom (UT)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1296

This course is part of the SENSE Summer Academy 2012. You are also invited to join the SENSE Symposium "How to improve the societal impact of environtmental research?" on 18 June.

 

S504 Space-time dynamics and accessibility in environmental research

19-21 June 2012
1.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Dr. Otto Huisman
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1297

This course is part of the SENSE Summer Academy 2012. You are also invited to join the SENSE Symposium "How to improve the societal impact of environtmental research?" on 18 June.

 

S010B Basic Statistics

19-27 June 2012
1.5 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Evert-Jan Bakker, Wageningen University.
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1254

 

S010A4 Mixed Linear Models

22-23 June 2012
0.6 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Gerrit Gort, Wageningen University.
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1239

 

S087E Climate innovation summer school 2012 (Climate-KIC)
2 July - 1 Aug 2012 / 6 Aug - 1 Sept 2012
?.0 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s):
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1287

 

S359E European International Relations Summer School 2012: World Society & Energy Transition
9-20 July 2012
5.0 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): H.C. Mol (RUG)
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1276

 

S082E C++ for Biologists (RSEE)

1-26 October 2012
5.0 ECTS
Course Coordinator: Joke Bakker (RUG)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1256

 

S281 Bridging the scale gap between atmospheric scales

8-12 October 2012
3 ECTS
Course Lecturers: Dr. Peter Sullivan (National Center for Atmospheric Research - NCAR), Prof. Dr. Harm Jonker (Delft University of Technology - TU Delft), Dr. Geert Lenderink (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute - KNMI), Dr. Roel Neggers (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute - KNMI)
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1267
 

S013E Multivariate Analysis

9,10,11,18,19 October 2012
1.5 ECTS
Course Lecturers: Dr Cajo J. F. ter Braak and ir. Saskia L.G.E. Burgers
Link to the course: http://www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1257
 

S010A5 Introduction to R for statistical analysis
22-23 October 2012
0.6 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Gerrit Gort, Ir. Albart Coster, Dr. John Bastiaansen, Wageningen University
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1252
  

S010A4 Bayesian Statistics
25-26 October 2012
0.6 ECTS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Gerrit Gort, Wageningen University
Link to the course: www.sense.nl/?module=courses&func=displayplanned&planningid=1251