| Getting your PhD off to a good start
| Writing Retreat for Doctoral Candidates
| Prepare your thesis defence
| Individual advice | PhD
*During your PhD, you can benefit from courses, workshops and services to develop important skills for your doctorate and your personal development.
Starting an ambitious project like a PhD requires planning, time management, work discipline and a clear mind around goals, expectations, and respective roles between the PhD candidate and the supervisor.
In this half-day workshop, we cover the following topics through short presentations and discussion:
Target group: new doctoral candidates (first or second semester) from all faculties
Facilitator: Dr Pauline Fritsch, Graduate Campus
In collaboration with the HES-SO
Three-day retreats with full board in a beautiful place that promotes concentration, allowing you to focus on writing your thesis, or a scientific article, or other writing projects.
Up to 21 hours of productive writing in 3 days!
Retreats in 2023:
- from Thursday, April 13 to Saturday, April 15
- from Thursday, October 26 to Saturday, October 28
- from Thursday, November 30 to Saturday, December 2
Similarly in 2024, about 3 retreats should be organized.
Retreats are held at the Crêt-Bérard between Lausanne and Palézieux.
Inspired by the methods and retreats organised for several years in Canada by "Thèsez-vous ?", we combine the Pomodoro, SMART-ER goal and Kanban board methods, and boost them with a collective approach to writing.
We take care of everything: accommodation, meals, activities. You focus on your writing goals!
Example of a typical 3-day retreat schedule here.
Target groups: Considering the limited number of places (10 places for UNIL per retreat), priority will be given to PhD candidates at the beginning or end of their thesis who have precise and realistic writing objectives (e.g. writing a section of the thesis project/plan, first version of a thesis chapter, writing the results part of a thesis article, etc.).
Contact: Dr Pauline Fritsch, graduatecampus@unil.ch, 021 692 2129
This workshop is available in two formats:
In any case, this interactive workshop helps you prepare for your thesis defence, practice your communication skills and get ready to answer questions.
Topics of the workshop:
Target group: finishing doctoral candidates (2 to 6 months before the defence) from all faculties
Facilitator: Dr Pauline Fritsch, Graduate Campus
Throughout your doctorate, you can contact the Graduate Campus to meet and discuss topics such as:
Such meetings are fully confidential.
Contact: Dr Pauline Fritsch, pauline.fritsch@unil.ch, 021 692 2129