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

More Information (PDF, 219KB)

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) 2.15 PM – 6 PM

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

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

More Information (PDF, 207KB)

GSAH Soft Skills

Academic Social Media Branding. Introduction and practical approaches

Enhance your outreach skills, expand your writing portfolio, and learn to craft compelling academic blog articles that capture attention!


 

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

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

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

More Information (PDF, 250KB)

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

More Information (PDF, 201KB)

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)