The workshop will introduce the transferable skills theme as outlined in international policies, inviting students to connect concepts and categories to their experiences.
The most common assumptions underlying the discourse on competence and their practical effects will be highlighted inviting the students to reflect over them in a critical way. In order to do that, schemes based on different ways of profiling competences will be provided in order to experiment those assumptions in a practical way.
International research results related to PhDs’ professional transitions as well as existing supportive actions will be socialized among participants and connected to personal experiences through auto/biographical methods.

Objectives

• increase awareness about future professional scenarios outside the academy;
• reflect about the transferable skills issue: one of the main strategy outlined by international policies to deal with professional transitions;
• share with students experiences of professional transitions outside the academy based on international research works;
• invite students to connects others PhDs’ holders experiences and strategies to their specific situation.
• share with students existing national and international projects aiming at supporting them in professional transitions.

Target audicence
Suggested year of attendance: second and third years

Participants
Min 8 Max 25