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13.15 – 14.00 Joyce Beuken Title: Power in the Pen: Writing to Reach and Inspire Freelance Journalist Mediahuis (Noordhollands Dagblad, Telegraaf)

Joyce will lead an engaging session on how to use language strategically to capture and keep your audience’s attention. Drawing on her background as a journalist and storyteller, she’ll share practical tips and real-world examples to help you craft compelling messages, whether in writing, presentations, or digital media. You'll explore the importance of tone, clarity, and structure, and learn how to adapt your message across different platforms. Get ready to harness the power of words to connect, persuade, and inspire.

 Joyce Beuken is a Dutch journalist and creative writer with extensive experience in media and communications. Since 2019, she has been a freelance contributor to the Noordhollands Dagblad.
 

16.15 – 17.00 Edith Bosch Title: 100% Responsibility is the Key to Success 3 time Olympic Judo Medallist | World Champion Judo | Winner Expeditie Robinson | Organisational Excellence Lead at Fortaegis | Executive Coach at United Talent | Management Drives Practitioner

Are you ready to stand still, ask yourself questions and get some tools how to face challenge? Edith is sharing her personal story about how she was very successful but not happy. How at one point she decided to change by taking 100% responsibility. What ended up in her road to being happy and successful.

Edith is one of the most successful judoka’s the Netherlands have known. During her career her driver was fear which made her approach everything as a perfectionist. Even though she was very successful she was never happy. This forced her to stand still and to make a choice to face herself. By taking full responsibility she was able to change her life, still be successful and have fun with it.

You may register for only one workshop, and spots are limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, visit our , where you can also see how many spots are still available.

Workshop 1 - Starting Supervision in Science
Jeanine de Bruin | Senior-trainer | Hertz, Training for Scientists

Part of your tasks as a PhD candidate is often to take on a new role, supervising or instructing students. But as a starting supervisor you are not sure yet what strategies you can use. We have adapted the theory of Situational Leadership (Hersey & Blanchard) to be effective in an academic context. We introduce this theory and continue to work on the basis of your own case studies. The workshop consists of the following parts:

• How do you discover your own personal style of leadership?
• How do you provide your students with a good start to their academic career?
• When is it effective to coach and when exactly should you instruct your student and how can you do that effectively?
• How can you motivate employees and students

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Workshop 2 - Habit Management
Rutger-Jan Scholtens | Trainer/coach | Career Services Utrecht University

In this workshop, you will reflect on your daily habits and routines in work and life. You will learn more about how habits are formed by looking at the so-called habit loop. This loop consists of four stages, namely: cue, craving, routine and result. You will discover how to break bad habits and how to build good ones. For each stage in the loop, you can create interventions to either cease or cultivate a habit. By familiarizing yourself with the Tiny Habits Method, you will learn more about formulating behavioral options, taking small steps and celebrating success. This will help you to internalize new behaviours. After this workshop, you will be more aware of your own habits and know better how to stop, start or change them. As a result, you will be more reflective and effective in executing your goals and plans.

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Workshop 3 - Speak to be Heard: Engaging your Audience with Voice and Gesture
Gerben Tuin | Owner | Gerben Tuin

You talk, they listen, but their brain is often occupied with so many other things. How to keep their attention? When your voice is too monotone or too much at the same pace, the audience will have a hard time staying focussed. They can’t help it: the human brain is programmed to save energy and disregard things that stay the same. In this workshop you will bridge the gap between you and the listener with the use of your voice, silence and hands.

• Become aware of how you make sound through resonance, inside and outside your body, and how you could have better control over volume and warmth of sound
• Start using resonance and (dis)continuous sound to adapt the mood of your voice to the situation at hand
• Learn how you can put focus on certain words with silence, vowels or consonants
• Come and experience how the use of your hands sparks your voice and at the same time helps you to visualise your story or argumentation

We are going to have a lot of fun. And in the end you will walk away with a better understanding of speech and a list of exercises to practise at home.

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Workshop 4 - Jargon and Acronyms: Friend or Foe?
Taylor Krohn | Trainer | Premier Taaltraining/ReallyWrite

Jargon and acronyms can both clarify and complicate our research writing. Both jargon and acronyms can be invisible to the writer because of their curse of knowledge. However, they can become major obstacles for the reader. In this workshop, we'll explore what jargon is and what it is not. We’ll ponder how jargon and acronyms can both help and hurt our clarity. We’ll practice making intentional language choices around jargon and acronym use. We will practice:

• simplifying complex ideas without sacrificing depth
• spotting the language that clouds your message
• striking a balance between precision and clarity

…all while keeping your readers in mind!

Get ready to sharpen your skills and become a more conscious writer!

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Workshop 5 - Intercultural Communication
Janneke Dubbelboer | Trainer | Mundi Training

In this interactive lecture, the basics on intercultural communication are addressed. What is culture (and what is it not)? What role does it play in our daily lives? How does intercultural miscommunication arise? How is knowledge about culture helpful in work settings? Does addressing culture equal stereotyping (spoiler: no!)? We focus on cultural differences, not on a “do’s and don’ts” level, but on the level of values. One’s values determine how one sees the world, and what one considers to be important in life. For example: if one is raised with the value ‘the harmony between people should always be respected’, one might be shocked and offended by the way “the Dutch” tend to express the value ‘honesty’. Effective intercultural communication starts with knowing your own values. Having an insight in what you consider to be ‘normal behavior’ and learning that other people were raised with other values helps you to be able not to judge other people’s behavior, even if that behavior seems strange or unpleasant to you.

Results:

• Better collaboration in culturally mixed teams
• More understanding for bicultural and international colleagues/ students/ PhD candidates
• Increased self-knowledge, less quick to judge
• Tools for dealing with cultural differences effectively

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Workshop 6 - Work Hard, Rest Harder: Mastering the PhD Balance
Simon Douw | Trainer & Coach | DownSideUp

Pursuing a PhD can be both exciting and overwhelming, making it essential to establish a healthy work-life balance. This workshop equips PhD candidates with practical strategies to create a sustainable and fulfilling work-life balance. Through guided reflection and interactive discussions, participants will gain insight into their energy levels, time management, and boundary-setting skills enabling a sustainable and fulfilling academic journey.

Learning Goals:
✔ Identify personal energy drains and sources of replenishment
✔ Explore strategies for effectively distancing yourself from work to recharge
✔ Practice setting healthy boundaries in academia

This session will provide a supportive space to reflect on individual challenges, allowing participants to share experiences with peers and learn from each other’s strategies. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a clearer understanding of what balance means for them and leave with actionable steps to implement in their daily routines, helping them  prioritize their well-being while staying focused on their academic goals.

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Workshop 7 - From Self-Doubt to Self-Trust: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
Jip Lauwers | Trainer & Coach | DownSideUp

Many PhD candidates experience the nagging feeling that they don’t belong, or that they’re "faking it" in the academic world. This workshop helps you confront and overcome those imposter feelings that often lead to self-doubt. Through interactive discussions and practical exercises you will expose your inner critic, develop strategies to boost your self-confidence, and learn how to challenge negative thoughts that hold you back.

Learning Goals:
✔ Identify and openly explore your imposter feelings, recognizing their triggers and patterns in your academic journey
✔ Learn strategies to challenge and reframe self-doubt
✔ Build self-confidence and embrace your accomplishments

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Workshop 8 - IMPACT with creative science communication
Liesbeth Smit | Trainer | The Online Scientist

Get creative with your science communication for impact! What do you consider impact? Is it publishing a peer-reviewed paper, and hoping a lot of people will read it? In this workshop we look beyond academia and make you think about your goal, audience and the message you are sending. How do you plan to achieve that people want to pay attention to what you are saying? Using short interactive exercises, we help you determine your message and goal (spoiler alert: it’s never just ‘informing’ the public). We then zoom in to help you step into the shoes of your target audience, and teach you what steps you need to take to prevent your message from being misunderstood. We briefly cover all aspects of science communication and how they can contribute to your impact as a scientist. Whether it’s writing a paper, giving a presentation, creating an infographic, being visible on social media, or appearing in a television show.

This day is free of charge for all GSLS PhD candidates. Once you have signed up, we expect you to attend. For every late cancellation or no-show, we have to disappoint others who would have liked to attend and we are making costs.

This is our policy:

• Registration: You can only register for the full programme. It is not possible to attend only part of the day.
• Cancellation and no-show: A request for cancellation will be accepted till 12:00 pm June 14, 2025 via pcc@uu.nl. After this date or if you don’t show up, we have to charge a no-show fee of € 100. We are unable to make any exceptions, unless you have a valid reason (i.e., illness or death in the family 1st/2nd degree or partner) and can show appropriate evidence of this via pcc@uu.nl.
• Visual material: During the PhD Day, a photographer will be present. We will use the pictures on the website and promotion material. Please inform the photographer/organisers when you prefer not to be included in the pictures.

Registration closes 6 June.