The workshops of the StuROPx qualification program prepare the scholarship holders for their task as leaders of a research project and support them throughout this process. In addition, the scholarship holders can continue their education on topics that support their further qualification in the field of research and teaching. As documentation of their training, scholarship holders who participate in at least 75 percent of the workshops offer will receive a certificate.

Kick-Off Workshop 

• Content: Getting to know each other, organizational issues
• Date: September 2nd, 2024
• Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, seminar room HVP 0202 (2nd floor)
• Trainer: Dr. Nina Lorkowski and Johannes Trenkner

Research Didactics: Fundamentals of Research Based Learning and Didactic Methods for Collaborative Work (Two-Day Workshop)

• Content: Theoretical foundations, reflection on one's own role, structuring and planning of the semester / individual sessions, motivating students, dealing with challenges, feedback
• Date: September 9th-10th, 2024
• Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Location: Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, seminar room HVP 0202 (2nd floor)
• Trainer: Dr. Nina Lorkowski and Heike Müller-Seckin

Supplementary workshop offer: Science communication with podcasting

• Content: This multi-part workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of podcasting. From planning and recording to editing and working on your own contribution. The workshop is aimed at those who simply want to try out this medium or who are already planning a specific contribution that they would like to work on as part of the workshop. Between the sessions there will be active online phases to cut and edit the material recorded on the day of the workshop. The workshop language is German.

• Dates: 
  • November 4th, 2024 / 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (online)
  • November 11th, 2024 / 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (TU Berlin, ZEWK) 
  • November 25th, 2024 / 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (online)
• Trainer: Heike Müller-Seckin and Peer Olaf Kalis

Mid-Semester Meeting 

• Content: Exchange on ongoing projects, peer consultation, reflection
• Date: December 4th, 2024
• Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Location: Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, seminar room HVP 0008 (ground floor)
• Trainer: Dr. Nina Lorkowski 

Supplementary workshop offer: Publishing Opportunities for Student Research

• Content: The scientific publishing landscape offers a confusing number of options, especially for early career researchers. Be it submitting your article to an academic journal or publishing your first edited volume. What exactly is Open Access and why does your own institution not support everything that is later published in Open Access? In this workshop, Michael Kleineberg and Robert Wiese from Berlin Universities Publishing (BerlinUP) will explain various forms of Open Access, how you can best be supported by your university and how BerlinUP can advise you. The one-hour workshop will leave plenty of room for your questions. The workshop will be held in English.
• Date: December 12th, 2024 
• Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Location: Online
• Trainer: Michael Kleineberg and Robert Wiese

Supplementary workshop offer: From X-Tutorial to start-up: Develop, visualize and present business models

• Content: Innovative research can be the basis for groundbreaking entrepreneurial ideas. But how do you transform these ideas into successful start-ups? Researchers who want to take the step of starting a company need specific structuring and communication tools to turn their vision into reality. In this workshop we will show how business models can be developed and visualized using the Canvas Business Model both in groups and individually. This method, which comes from the design thinking approach, makes it possible to actively include the perspective of potential customers. This not only leads to the identification of relevant work packages and strategic steps but also provides a solid basis for presenting the business idea. The workshop supports convincing storytelling and deriving core messages for marketing. Bringing your own ideas from research work is an advantage, but not a requirement for participation.
• Date: February 19th, 2025
• Time: 01:00 p.m. - 04:00 p.m.
• Location: EINS (TU Berlin)
• Trainer: Robert Hohlbaum

End-of-Semester Workshop

• Content: Insights into research results, reflection on the research process and the role as a research group leader, preparation for the upcoming semester for ongoing projects, and farewell to the leaders of completed projects
• Date: March 3rd, 2025
• Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Location: Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, seminar room HVP 0202 (2nd floor)
• Trainer: Dr. Nina Lorkowski