Informative documents on our education
Browse in : All > SENSE Information > Education

Summary ITSP


Summary ITSP (Individual Training and Supervision Plan)

For the SENSE certificate 30 ECTS (credits) are required. The table below shows a summary of the categories in which credits are possible and/or required (the separate elements and courses are clarified in more detail further below - details on separate courses may be found in the SENSE Course Guide at: http://www.sense.nl/courses), and the required parts.

Registration for a course should always be done by use of the online registration form in the SENSE Course Guide.

Most courses are concluded with an assessment of the PhD student's performance and with an evaluation of the course. Each participant who has completed a course successfully will receive a course certificate or notification, issued by the course coordinator.

 Summary of the General requirements:

 

PhD courses

Code

Activity

Mandatory / Optional

ECTS

A1-SENSE

Introductory SENSE course "Environmental Research in Context"

Mandatory

2

A2-SENSE

Research in Context Activity, to be approved by the A2 coordinator

Mandatory

3 - 6

Sxxx:

SENSE PhD courses: Specialised and widening PhD courses offered by SENSE (Sxxx) or by other research School (SxxxE)

Mandatory: 6 ECTS, including at least one SENSE PhD course (Sxxx or SxxxE)

≥ 6

ORSxxx

Specialised and widening PhD courses offered by Other Research Schools (ORS) and not considered SENSE courses.

MSc courses

Advanced and specialised MSc courses to be approved of by the SENSE Director of Education

Gxxx

General Skills Courses for PhD students

Optional

≥ 0

 

 

 

 

Other PhD education and training components

Component

Activity

Mandatory / Optional

ECTS

Research Skills Training

Detailed elaboration of the research set-up, work plan and time schedule of your PhD project within a year after the start of your PhD to be approved of by your supervisor

Mandatory

1

Writing your own PhD research proposal, reviewed and approved of by SENSE (send it to Johan.Feenstra@wur.nl)

Mandatory for most sandwich and some other PhD students

0 or 6

Writing a follow-up research proposal, reviewed by SENSE (send it to Johan.Feenstra@wur.nl)

Optional

0 or 6

Site-specific training, for example in the use of specific equipment

Optional

0 - 6

External training period at a scientific (foreign) research institute

Optional

0 - 6

Extended literature study, supervised by a SENSE research leader (NOT the standard literature review every PhD student should do at the start of his/her PhD)

Optional

0 - 6

Management Skills Training

Organisation of a scientific workshop, SENSE symposium or SENSE Core meeting

Optional; 1 ECTS for a half day activity (if more, please explain)

0 - 6

Membership of a PhD Council, General Board Research Institute, SENSE Research and Education Committee

Optional

0 - 6

Co-organisation of a SENSE PhD course

Optional

0 - 6

Presentations

Attending at least 2 SENSE meetings and presenting your own PhD research once

Mandatory

1

Presenting PhD research at a international symposium

Mandatory: once

1 ECTS per presentation

1 - 3

Publications

Articles in refereed scientific journals (first author)

Optional; 2 ECTS per accepted publication

0 - 8

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

≥ 30

Last modified on Aug 29, 2006 12:21:26 PM by SENSE Administrator