Soft Skills

Courses for students of all doctoral programs | Soft Skills

These courses jointly organized by the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities | Walter Benjamin Kolleg are open to all doctoral students of the Faculty of Humanities. Free spots can, in a “first come, first serve” manner, be given out to Master students, postdoctoral researchers and interested people from outside the Faculty.

GSAH Soft Skills

Creating Audio-Podcasts II

Join our 3-day workshop, "Creating Audio Podcasts", and learn how to transform your scientific findings into compelling podcasts!

Dates:
Part 1: 6 October 2025, 10.15 AM - 6 PM
Part 2: 3 November 2025, 10.15 AM  - 4 PM
Part 2: 10 November 2025, 10.15 AM  - 3 PM

Venue: Unitobler, Room TBA


Credits: 2 ECTS (+ 1 ECTS for a completed pocast)

Who: Docs and postdocs of the Faculty of Humanities. Remaining spots to be allocated to advanced MA students.

Registration: Until August 15, 2025 via KSL and e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

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GSAH Soft Skills

Academic Social Media Branding. Introduction and practical approaches

This workshop is ideal for early-career researchers, PhD students, and academics seeking to improve their public profile and research dissemination.

Dates and Venue:
30 September (Seminarraum 117, Hauptgebäude H4) and 1 December (Seminarraum 228, Mittelstrasse 43) 2.15pm–6pm

Language: English
Credits: 2 ECTS
Who: GSAH doctoral students

Registration: Until August 31, 2025 via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

 

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GSAH Soft Skills

Diversify Your Writing Toolbox

This course offers personalized, one-on-one writing support and group workshops to help PhD students in the humanities improve their English academic writing.

 

 

 

Dates:
Group sessions: 16 September and 28 October, 2025
Individual sessions: 2 x 60 min between 22 September and 24 October

Venue: Unitobler, Room TBA


Credits: 1.5 ECTS
Who: GSAH doctoral students

Registration: Until August 31, 2025 via KSL or e-mail to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch

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GSAH Soft Skills

GSAH Writing Retreat

Are you in the middle of a writing assignment?  The GSAH writing retreat offers participants a structured time-out from everyday university life to pursue their own research.


Date: Sept 8–12, 2025
Venue: Hotel Schloss Münchenwiler (BE)


Credits: 2 ECTS
Costs: Travel paid by participants; accommodation & meals covered
Who: GSAH doctoral students & IFN Junior Fellows

Registration: Email melanie.sampayo@unibe.ch with a short motivation letter by June 30, 2025

Programme (PDF, 310KB)