THESIS DEFENSE TRAINING

Date

19/20 May 2025

Time

9:00 – 16:00

Lecturer

Alexander Roggenkamp

Number of Participants

7 to 12

Location

Room to be announced

Course Language

English

Target Audience

Doctoral Candidates at the University of Rostock

Participation Fee

free of charge

Course Description

The last big milestone in a PhD is the oral defence of the dissertation, which brings particular challenges in communication. This workshop is aimed at doctorial candidates, who want to engage in intensive preparation for their disputation. 

Based on the individual experiences of the participants, presentation techniques and five defence strategies are discussed in the workshop. The PhD candidates actively implement these strategies in the most important part of the workshop – the disputation simulations. Each candidate will present his/her research in five minutes and answer questions by their colleagues. If required, managing stage fright and nervousness can also be addressed.

Contents

Objectives:

  • You will get an overview what to expect for your thesis defence.
  • You know typical questions which may occur in your thesis defence.
  • You get an individual feedback concerning your rhetorical performance.
  • You train to show your scientific expertise in an appropriate way.
  • You can implement different communicative strategies that allow you to react to difficult questions in a calm and professional way.

Information about the Lecturer

Alexander Roggenkamp, Kommunikationstrainer, Sprechwege GbR Hamburg

Waitinglist*

*Anmeldung & Teilnahmebedingungen | *Registration & Conditions for Participation

Anmeldungen nehmen wir bis zum 04. Mai 2025 über unser Online-Formular entgegen. Wir prüfen dann, ob die Mindestteilnehmerzahl von 7 Personen erreicht ist. Wenn nicht, behält sich die Graduiertenakademie vor, den Kurs abzusagen. Ist die Mindestteilnehmerzahl erreicht, können sich weitere Interessierte bis spätestens 2 Werktage vor Kursbeginn anmelden, sofern weitere freie Plätze vorhanden sind.

Sobald wir Ihre Anmeldung bestätigen, gilt sie als verbindlich. Es gelten die Teilnahmebedingungen der Graduiertenakademie.

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Registrations are welcome until 4th May, 2025 via our online form. We will then determine whether the minimum number of 7 participants has been reached. Should the minimum number of participants not have been reached, the Graduate Academy reserves the right to cancel the course. Once the minimum number of participants has been reached, further registrations are possible until 2 weekdays previous to the beginning of the course, if further free places are available.

As soon as we confirm your registration, it is considered binding. The conditions for participation of the Graduate Academy apply.